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Manor Living-room[/b]
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	The Giant had put his weapon away and stood passive but alert, one resting on his hip and the sheathed weapon. This was a good sign that he wasn't aggressive, just cautious. It almost seemed like he was guarding the little one, but they were clearly different species. Strange. [color=green]The giant's gruff tone broke it's distracted thoughts with some sort of terse commentary capped off with a question.[/color], which the smaller one followed with [color=FFDEAD]a stuttering affirmation and her own question.[/color] She quickly turned back to their conversation and addressed it directly. [i][color=636de9]Progress! I am a person to them![/color][/i].

	The joy quickly devolved into confusion as the small one disregarded the upheld letter, choosing instead to [color=FFDEAD]ask a question, repeating a word again[/color] while clenching two fingers and a thumb together, shaking her hand. Was she pantomiming something? His thoughts were becoming jumbled over this puzzle. Maybe she wanted an imitation? It shifted pieces around inside, and within a few moments the effort bore fruit just as [color=FFDEAD]The small one reassured him of something in a soft tone[/color]. [color=ec008c]A dry, rasping shout came from the interior of the mansion, muffled by the door and distance[/color], but it was more unintelligible jibberish it could not understand.

	It had a mouth to imitate sounds now, a dull red facsimile of a tongue floating in the emptiness of it's mouth but... [i]Frustration.[/i] It could try to mimic the sounds, but they would still mean nothing. Determined to get through the language barrier, it extended another pair of arms and set down the books it had scavenged from the floor. Reaching them up to the still-held letter, it covered all but the first word at the top of the pilfered invitation with three additional hands, but stopped short of speaking as her stomach gurgled and she placed a hand on her rumbling midsection. 

"[color=636de9]Voos[/color]"
[color=2e2c2c]"Good"[/color]
Rather than sit idle, it moved the letter closer to her face-

"[color=636de9]Voos"[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]"Good"[/color]
With that, it wound its way to the Giant and showed him the same letter, covering everything but the first word. It held there for a good moment to give him an opportunity to read. [i][color=636de9]Do you understand?[/color][/i]

"[color=636de9]Voos"[/color]
[color=2e2c2c]"Good"[/color]
 It glided across the floor, back to the smaller of the two and held the letter out to her again, speaking in a soft, desperate tone.
"[color=636de9]Jwih hanh voos. Hde'ay ij ic noug olc jocvue. Han voos. Dzeahe[/color]"
[color=2e2c2c]"This says good. speak it in your own tongue. Say good. Please."[/color]