Teja, as far as he knows, is speaking Gothic; but the translating magic of Milliways reaches even into other worlds. He says 'haims', and Charlie will hear 'home'; he says 'hultha', and Charlie will hear 'beloved'; he says 'aqizi', and Charlie will hear 'axe'. The villa rustica, though, the country house with holdings, run as a farm, but also a pleasant home for an affluent man, is a Latin loan word that Teja says in Latin, to begin with.-

"That is why this part of Tuscany -- Demeter met me there, millennia ago, when I was still alive and came but once to grieve in the ruins; and she took me back, once already, to see what it is like in these modern times," Teja says.