Why did his language have so many terrible, toothy noises? Xe shook the towel. "Owl?" That seemed, probably, wrong. Xe thought xe was doing pretty well for having not even been aware of the existence of other languages yesterday. If someone had asked xem whether it was possible for other languages to exist, xe would have said yes, in theory. In practice, this was a huge pain. They didn't even have enough in common to really establish words that should have built the foundation of discussion. And what about abstract concepts? How was xe supposed to indicate words like 'good' or 'bad' or 'sorry' or 'accident'? Those were very important words. Xe needed those words.
He did not, thank goodness, break out into hives. The red faded to a slight pink, which was still not ideal, but was almost certainly better. Xe was pretty sure the lung-emptying was good. The other sound… xe pulled away in confusion. He'd made littler sounds before. Was he barking at xem? But he was doing the mouth thing. And the teeth thing. Why was everything he did so darn aggressive.
His first attempt at 'good' was actually something filthy. The next was nonsense. Then he got it right. Then he called xem pretty. Maybe they should stick with letting xem try to say his words. Xe flushed green around the eyes with a chirp, tentacles pushing his hands back down to his sides.
Xe'd really just abandoned best practices altogether. Touching specimens without protection, putting things on him without testing them first, feeding him things that might kill him… this was just a mess. Xe was going to end up with some horrible space disease, probably, and everyone would assume it was because xe touched his penis. Possibly they would be right.
"Okay," xe repeated, still no idea at all if xe was using any of these words correctly. They might be having a horrible misunderstanding. "Roan okay. Okay Roan." Xe patted the top of his head gently. That was safe, right?
He did not, thank goodness, break out into hives. The red faded to a slight pink, which was still not ideal, but was almost certainly better. Xe was pretty sure the lung-emptying was good. The other sound… xe pulled away in confusion. He'd made littler sounds before. Was he barking at xem? But he was doing the mouth thing. And the teeth thing. Why was everything he did so darn aggressive.
His first attempt at 'good' was actually something filthy. The next was nonsense. Then he got it right. Then he called xem pretty. Maybe they should stick with letting xem try to say his words. Xe flushed green around the eyes with a chirp, tentacles pushing his hands back down to his sides.
Xe'd really just abandoned best practices altogether. Touching specimens without protection, putting things on him without testing them first, feeding him things that might kill him… this was just a mess. Xe was going to end up with some horrible space disease, probably, and everyone would assume it was because xe touched his penis. Possibly they would be right.
"Okay," xe repeated, still no idea at all if xe was using any of these words correctly. They might be having a horrible misunderstanding. "Roan okay. Okay Roan." Xe patted the top of his head gently. That was safe, right?
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