Root can speak Farsi. Shaw doesn’t know that.

starrynightshade:

I like to think that Shaw uses her Farsi very sparingly, like it’s some sort of secret. Harold and John have never heard her use it outside of the field, Root gets little whispers of it when Shaw thinks she’s sleeping though. After the first few times, Root resolves to learn the language because she’s dying to know what Shaw says to her when she’s laying awake in the middle of the night.