Growth of a Quartet

Sometimes in quartet, the other three members will speak in Japanese about a topic and come to some conclusion.  Sometimes I understand, others I assume that it doesn't concern me.  They're so polite, so courteous, so well-studied in the score, that I trust the times that they don't bother to translate little snippets.  And we carry on, and I notice that things are better, more in tune, more together.  Magical to watch the world grow from the outside.