[quote=@TheUnknowable]
[@Mistiel]oops, I meant that he would use sounds to communicate with animals.  I wrote that weird.
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The second version would not happen. In this world, that would be a colossal waste of words since the animals can't answer back. :/

(As much as I would love to be able to commune with skunks, it's sadly not to be.)