Originally Posted by Karina Wozniacki

Karina narrowed her eyes slightly at the woman's comment. "Not many people understand Swedish in this area of the world. If any other language it would be French or German or Dutch or Spanish." She pointed out, also speaking Swedish. Yes, Swedish was close enough to Norwegian that they could converse with concentration, but other than that the probability of someone else knowing her language was very slight. It was a matter of odds that she had "assumed" the woman couldn't speak Swedish.

She personally agreed that surprise was a nasty thing, especially surprises like this one which took away an advantage she had. Even among Durmstrangers Swedish was a minority and so she had the upper hand in language there as well. It was an unpleasant shock to realize that here, especially here, she had a language partner.

Frowning slightly, she noted that when the woman spoke Swedish it was with a slight accent. Obviously she spoke it well enough to carry on a good conversation, but it was either a second language or very, very rusty. She would listen some more to try and discern where this woman was from.

Maybe if she got her talking more she could find out; in the meantime, Karina still had to answer the woman's question. "I'm observing now." she said slightly vague. Yes, of course she was participating, otherwise she would be back at Durmstrang studying, but there was no need for the woman to know that. Most likely this woman had already figured it out anyway. She scowled imperceptibly to herself and waited to hear more of this woman's accent.