Mikumo's at least halfway decent at reading lips, and thankfully, most of the people here fall into the three main languages found on most Macross fleets, which means they were considered necessary knowledge for her. So just in case the Empathies are going to be out to mess with them at any point, she switches over to Chinese to continue the conversation.

"Not saying anything would have been a bit cruel. Is it only hearing and sight they've taken from people, do you know?"

The bulk of the people she's run into so far have lost their hearing, so she's curious if there's any sort of identifiable pattern.