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I...excuse me?

Oh, sorry. I couldn't help but overhear. I happen to speak Hindi, so I know what you said.

Computer problems?

Tuma māphī kaisē. I apologize. New York is a bit of a melting pot, I ought to watch my language. And...yes. I've managed to lock myself out of it.

I could try and assist you, but my knowledge of computers is rather basic. How did you lock yourself out? Did you forget your password?

My mind might not be as it once was, but my password is hard to forget.

Yeah, that was about the extent of my knowledge base on how to get into a locked computer. Now, if you had any ancient languages you needed deciphering, then I could help you out.

English, Hindi and a bit a French are the extent of my language knowledge...and I really just need to get into my database... [Before she gets back to fry me, he thinks to himself] Are you an archaeologist?

Ah, no. I simply translate those things which archaeologists have a tendency to find. I'm not much for digging in the dirt. I simply reap the benefits.

Even so, it sounds like a fascinating profession. If I am not mistaken, most ancient languages rely on pictographs. I can only imagine how confusing that might be.

Well, I've gotten quite accustomed to it, so it's not quite as confusing as it once was. [He was also alive when said pictographs were made... not that he's saying so.]

[This is a good thing, Mohinder has enough personal weird to deal with.] Some people simply have a knack for that sort of thing. If we count genetic code as a language, well. I could tack that on to my list.

Genetic code? Impressive. So you are a geneticist? [He wondered what the genes of an Immortal looked like]

Yes, more or less. [He's not going to bother saying that he was ostracized from the scientific community or drives a taxi to pay bills.]

Interesting. So, you could say that we both decipher languages, then? [He smiled]

[Any reason to smile is a good one.] Yes, perhaps, but you are far more impressive with your language skills.

Ah, thank you. I do like a good ego boost.

I doubt my small praise was a boost in anything. You don't meet many non-Indians that speak Hindi.

This is true. But, I'm well traveled. I've been to India many times.

A traveler does not always learn the language of the places that they visit. Did you stay there a long time or do you just pick up language easily?

I was there for several years. [About 45 of them in the 18th century.]

Quite a fan of curry you must be! [Mohinder would be impressed...and possibly hope that Claire ends up as cultured as the man in front of him...if he knew of course.]

Oh, naturally. [He laughed.]