[ It might be too subtle to catch, but Ginger seems to understand what Akira is saying immediately. He doesn’t hear things as different languages*; rather, it’s more like a comprehensive string of meaning.

So. He hears meaning.

How else would angels and demons peer into the hearts of humans, hear their prayers or tempt them with their own desires?

*Excluding any non-Earth languages. ]

Is that a not-so-subtle nudge for me to repeat that to myself? I think a Latin equivalent would be ad astra per aspera - “through hardships to the stars.”