who: helena and others! what: variety catchall for the month. when: end of july/ all of august. where: across the boat. warnings: likely discussions of death.
"So. I have this really strange ability. I can read any language or understand it if it is spoken...even dead languages. Can't speak it or write it but...I should be able to read in braille."
He smiled at her. "And I would like to give it a try. Then maybe we could talk about it when I'm done."
"Still, you should find your own copy. I can't reread it to talk about it better with you otherwise."
The turn to her own writing again is just to collect it, tuck it all into the bag she has, putting it away - she'd like him to not test his braille reading on her own pieces. Not until they're ready will she let them out - not until the harvest comes for them.
"That ability would make you the most remarkable scholar, though."
"You got it. I'll see if I can hunt one down. If I can't? What's next on the list?"
He shakes his head and laughs softly. "Instead I make building supplies out of garbage and help underserved communities get clean water. I'm no scholar."
"No scholar, but you do things that a man needs intelligence to even consider doing. It's too late, sir - you've simply moved from one type to another." She shrugs, but it's all meant in grace.
"And unless I miss my mark, you're new here - I can't recall hearing a voice like yours. Welcome to the Serena Eterna, if none have said it yet. I'm Helena."
"I cheat a little. My abilities aren't...natural, you know?" He doesn't want to give the impression that he's just that smart. Ash has supernatural abilities that help him do amazing things.
"Mr. Ashley, you'll soon find that no one here is going to pass judgement on whether abilities are natural or otherwise. We'd be quite the hypocrites to do so with the forces at work here."
"That's a big change. Humans are a lot more wary of this kind of stuff. At least where I am from. They wouldn't think what I am or what I can do is natural, even if I was born with it." He smiles at her. "You can just call me Ashley, Helena."
She can hear the smile, even if she can't see it. "Our population is so blended that it'd be foolish to draw any lines such as that. Dear friends of mine, from what I'm told, look inhuman but are, and the inverse to be true as well. Of course, out of them all, I have the easiest time of it."
A little laugh, directed inwards - it's easy to be free of those suppositions when you lack that visual barrier.
"You are wonderful, Helena. I am...I'm really glad we met." He was still smiling. She is smart and kind, something he doesn't encounter often. "Think we could meet up again?"
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He smiled at her. "And I would like to give it a try. Then maybe we could talk about it when I'm done."
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The turn to her own writing again is just to collect it, tuck it all into the bag she has, putting it away - she'd like him to not test his braille reading on her own pieces. Not until they're ready will she let them out - not until the harvest comes for them.
"That ability would make you the most remarkable scholar, though."
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He shakes his head and laughs softly. "Instead I make building supplies out of garbage and help underserved communities get clean water. I'm no scholar."
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"And unless I miss my mark, you're new here - I can't recall hearing a voice like yours. Welcome to the Serena Eterna, if none have said it yet. I'm Helena."
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"I am new here. I'm Ashley. Or Ash."
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"Mr. Ashley, you'll soon find that no one here is going to pass judgement on whether abilities are natural or otherwise. We'd be quite the hypocrites to do so with the forces at work here."
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A little laugh, directed inwards - it's easy to be free of those suppositions when you lack that visual barrier.
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