"Aye, good and confusing is what it is," Gendry commented with his typical sullen reaction to these revelations. But this was at least something that he knew already from speech alone. It was confusing on paper, but it turned into sense when he spoke the letters. He might still be slow, but he was getting better at navigating his way round words. Her presence not just made him focus, but he felt motivated to impress her with the speed he learned, even if he did not always demonstrate it well. "What makes a man want to write down a bunch of words about rats anyhow?"