"...and that is why we needst beg your aid," Nakia finished, peering down the curve of her snout to see how the latest kukuri she'd found took the news.
Said kukuri blinked.
Well... she didn't actually have a way to confirm that Death's gift of tongues was working correctly, but it wasn't as if such a thing could stop functioning, right? And if the silent stranger (who she had privately nicknamed “Winky”) didn’t understand surely they would have wandered off by now, not stood there staring attentively while she talked. Concluding that Winky was merely thinking it over, Nakia settled her feathers back into place and made her request. "My kith and I can scry these shards of Death but the journey is no mere thing. Thus do we ask for guides and companions that we might succeed in our endeavor.” She paused.
Winky blinked.
Nakia tried making a subtly-encouraging face, ears perking hopefully.
Winky blinked more slowly, slightly out of sync.
Nakia took a breath