Bay nodded, repeating the first letters of the alphabet. Then she changed tactics, writing D A P H N E on a new page of a sketchbook before signing the letters. Then she shifted her hand and showed Daphne her own name sign. "Daphne."

In the book, she wrote You use the sign for 'Happy' but with a D. For Daphne.

Then she finger-spelled B A Y before going back to a B and drawing a line of wavy hair from her temple. "Bay."