He was turning colors again, and it was hard to ignore xyr instinctive assumption that he was angry. That upward curl of the lips again, and xe cautiously tried to emulate it. But it sort of brought the rest of xyr face with it, because xe didn't really have the bone structure for that kind of thing. Or bones. Some cartilage, but that wasn't really the same. So, a no on that. Xe also hadn't figured out what 'yes' meant. Not the same thing as 'ye' because he used 'no' for that, which was very unintuitive.
"Hand?" xe repeated cautiously. Xe poked the back of his hand. "Roan hand okay." Okay. Yes. Getting the hang of this. But then… what? "En… acul?" Oh, that was simply impossible. No one could say that. What a terrible word. "Limb?" That was much better. Xe wiggled the end of an arm tentacle. "Uala limb okay?"
This… was not even a conversation. Was this even going to be useful?
Watching him eat like that was actually kind of disconcerting. Slowly, xe picked up a towel, and gently dabbed it at his face. Which also covered up the chewing. Chewing was weird. It seemed like it should hurt. It would hurt to move xyr beak that way. "Foo… fuh?" All these darn noises! Xe experimented with using letters xe could say, trying to make them sound closer to that 'd'. "Foon. Foos. Foosh. Fook?"
Xe buzzed. This was going nowhere. Maybe xe could communicate something useful with what xe had so far. Xe gestured with circles of xyr tentacles to the inside of the lab. "Okay. Roan okay, Uala okay." Then xe turned to use that same gesture for outside the door. "No. No Roan. Uala okay. No Roan." There. Maybe that was clear? Next xe left his side to pick up the remote again, and point to it. "No Roan. Uala okay."
Giving him a list of things he wasn't allowed to do seemed sort of negative, didn't it? Still holding the remote, xe tried to think of another example, coming closer to him again. Xe pointed at the uala fruit in his hand. "Roan okay. No Uala." Did that count as a positive? He could eat fruit and xe couldn't?
What other ground rules could xe establish with only two words?
Tentatively, xe pointed at his pants. "No Uala," xe said firmly. "No no no." Xe briefly flushed that faint green again. Xe couldn't remember the last time xe'd been this embarrassed this often. Probably never. This was the most social interaction xe'd had in years. Then xe pointed at xyr head. "No Roan." Then xe gestured at the region below xyr waist, for good measure. "No Roan." This was getting very negative again. Xe wiggled xyr four arm tentacles. "Roan okay." There, that was reasonable. They could… touch hands? Limbs? Xe gestured with small circles and without touching to the area above his waist. "Uala okay?"
"Hand?" xe repeated cautiously. Xe poked the back of his hand. "Roan hand okay." Okay. Yes. Getting the hang of this. But then… what? "En… acul?" Oh, that was simply impossible. No one could say that. What a terrible word. "Limb?" That was much better. Xe wiggled the end of an arm tentacle. "Uala limb okay?"
This… was not even a conversation. Was this even going to be useful?
Watching him eat like that was actually kind of disconcerting. Slowly, xe picked up a towel, and gently dabbed it at his face. Which also covered up the chewing. Chewing was weird. It seemed like it should hurt. It would hurt to move xyr beak that way. "Foo… fuh?" All these darn noises! Xe experimented with using letters xe could say, trying to make them sound closer to that 'd'. "Foon. Foos. Foosh. Fook?"
Xe buzzed. This was going nowhere. Maybe xe could communicate something useful with what xe had so far. Xe gestured with circles of xyr tentacles to the inside of the lab. "Okay. Roan okay, Uala okay." Then xe turned to use that same gesture for outside the door. "No. No Roan. Uala okay. No Roan." There. Maybe that was clear? Next xe left his side to pick up the remote again, and point to it. "No Roan. Uala okay."
Giving him a list of things he wasn't allowed to do seemed sort of negative, didn't it? Still holding the remote, xe tried to think of another example, coming closer to him again. Xe pointed at the uala fruit in his hand. "Roan okay. No Uala." Did that count as a positive? He could eat fruit and xe couldn't?
What other ground rules could xe establish with only two words?
Tentatively, xe pointed at his pants. "No Uala," xe said firmly. "No no no." Xe briefly flushed that faint green again. Xe couldn't remember the last time xe'd been this embarrassed this often. Probably never. This was the most social interaction xe'd had in years. Then xe pointed at xyr head. "No Roan." Then xe gestured at the region below xyr waist, for good measure. "No Roan." This was getting very negative again. Xe wiggled xyr four arm tentacles. "Roan okay." There, that was reasonable. They could… touch hands? Limbs? Xe gestured with small circles and without touching to the area above his waist. "Uala okay?"
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