The monilith(Prime) that had been the diesel inclined toward the two teens and said something.
"Was that -- Chinese?" she(Mikaela) suggested. "Classical Mandarin?"
"I dunno, but it would make sense," he(Sam) agreed. "If I was a new arrival on a new world, I'd start by trying to speak the language used by the largest number of people."
Identify their modulated verbal exchange as English...
同学们啊!
柱子在地球上说的第一句话是国语啊!XSK