Keane seemed to understand, or at least, he got the gist of it. After all, he had to learn a bit of SL to communicate with Vitaly.
"Tal? Is that your name?" Keane asked. "Oh you're a bard. Guessed as much with the... weird guitar." He pointed to the harp, not knowing what it's called. There aren't any harps in Ciel.
"But how are you a bard if you're...y'know..." he cautiously pointed to his mouth, knowing this might be a sensitive question. "Mute?"