"Hey, it listened!" Owain's smile stretched wider as the firefly landed in front of them, folded its wings back, and looked at them almost expectantly. "That's awesome! If they already comprehend human speech, this'll be a walk in the park!" They could devise a code, and use the fireflies to relay top-secret messages, and maybe they knew how to communicate with other insects and Owain could eventually have the entirety of the forest's creatures at his beck and call!

...And also learn why they'd been brought here. He couldn't forget that.

Of course, they had to make sure the firefly actually understood, and hadn't just come over to them because it was friendly. "Okay, firefly," Owain said eagerly, "if you can understand me, do a backflip!"

...Nothing. It merely continued to look at him. It didn't even try. Owain sighed, dejected. How disappointing...