"That was Gaelic for 'Thank you', you ignoramus." He knows more than his fair share of languages, being one of the advantages of being older than old, but that particular one stems from being an Irishman all the way from the 1700s.

Cooper shrugs, letting the cup of tea warm his hands up. "I've lived everywhere." Not an exaggeration. Travel got a lot easier once steamships and airplanes got invented. "Last place was a tiny town called Pemkowet up by the Great Lakes."