"It matters not that it is dead, I speak them all," Talyssa protested. "You say only worshippers speak it, and that may ordinarily be true... perhaps only worshippers trouble themselves to learn it, but I had no choice in the matter! I was born speaking everything!"
Well, that wasn't strictly true. Like most babies, she did not speak at all beyond babbling until the end of her first year. But she was born with the ability to understand all languages, and that was the pertinent point.
But this girl seemed determined to hate her. So, despite a small flicker of defiance slowly growing larger inside her, Talyssa backed down.