Veronica listens very carefully to this language that she couldn't yet completely understand, turning the sounds over in her mind before smiling at Changge,

"Dinner first, after all."

Their table is a tiny one in the corner, pressed to a wall, with a tiny copper lantern sitting on it. Veronica smiles at the little spots of light it casts over the sauce pots before taking her seat and waiting for Changge to take hers.

"What was the waiter saying earlier? Can you repeat it for me?"

She recognized 'yes' and 'thank you' from Changge but that had pretty much been it.