It is the dominant tongue. [ Terse but not condemning- even it was awfully annoying to be accosted with so many foreign languages at once when you only ever knew once existed. ]

Temeraire is certainly a unique presence, and now I must apologise; I should have clarified. We've worked together for just under a month, but mostly in an academic capacity. We share a mother tongue and were eager to confer over shared cultures.