Borrowing those dictionaries ended up buying Brennan three days of relative peace after work. It seemed that instead of asking him when he was in another room that she ended up saving her questions for Harmony when she was at the witch coven all day.
He didn't notice anything was off until Talori had a question she couldn't wait for the answer to and ended up apologizing afterward for disturbing him. That was when he realized she had purposely been talking less around him and was stupidly hit with guilt. He hadn't expected her to catch on.
"No…Talori…it's not your fault. It's the humans. They're driving me crazy so I'm more tired than usual but I'm not mad at you, I promise. Go on and ask me what you need to ask me," Brennan said sincerely.