"Language acquisition has a peak age, essentially," she said, grinning from ear to ear at his interest in her subject. "Children learn incredibly quickly how to communicate because it means their survival. Assimilation into the hoard means they'll be protected, in an evolutionary sense..." she sipped her drink again. "It's really interesting, psychologically speaking as well as socio-linguistically. I'll have to lend you my study books."
She had started humming the damn song again, unable to get the joke out of her head. Abi set her drink down before she grabbed his tie and wrapped it around her fingers, progressively drawing him nearer, "You gonna ask me to dance, soldier? Or do I gotta drag you up there?" she teased.