Roan reached a hand up to scratch his head, scrunching a mass of black hair under his fingers. He needed to braid it, at least, if he couldn't find a band soon. It would be unfortunate if he needed to run for his life at some point--Uala had pretty much confirmed he'd been kidnapped aboard an alien vessel after all--only to find himself thwarted by the loose strands falling over his eyes at the worst possible moment. Or grabbed. That was a cold, childish move that pretty much sucked...and he suspected all of the aliens around him had quite a lot of limbs with which to grab with.
A'ish couldn't mean 'You' or 'yours' or 'me', he realized. Not when pointing to him, the fluffy toy, and Uala all equaled the same thing. Unless xe meant...'mine'. Roan refused to entertain that notion despite the fact that he still wore cuffs xe could turn on and off at a whim. He was a prisoner, but he didn't belong to Uala. He glanced down at the toy xe kept petting and crooning to. 'Alive', maybe?
Xe pulled out a tiny blade and Roan instinctively straightened his shoulders and balanced his stance, despite the fact it now sat in front of xem. Not alive? No, that can't be right...I must have gotten it wrong again. Yet xyr next word seemed to present the tool in opposing comparison, and it indeed was not alive.
He carefully blanked his expression, trying not to laugh when Uala began making a sound between ferocious chirping and tiny kitten roars. Almost failing, he bit the inside of his cheek. Why would the scalpel be making the same sort of noises he'd be more inclined to expect from the toy? "Kenah doesn't mean blade so..." What other opposites could xe mean? Sharp/dull? Metal/Flesh--even the fake kind?
"No ki," he observed of the blade with a self-deprecating grin, then had another idea, "Ah! Kenah is...No Roan?" Maybe xe had given up on his words and was trying to teach him some of xyr own--but then wouldn't xe still use his name? So that must be wrong too. Novae, but this was ridiculous. Surely there was a translator device somewhere. There was only one way to test his alive/not alive theories, and that was to ponderously get a definition for everything he could get his hands on. He finally huffed out a sigh of frustration and strode forward, pointing to every inanimate object in the lab. "Kenah...kenah...kenah..."
'Uala okay' made him smile, his anxiety and aborted adrenaline ramping down. He felt hot. It was definitely hot in the hallway, not all of the sweat that perked along his brow from just the short jog or fierce concern. And then xe said 'not not alive' and he felt renewed alarm, brown eyes widening. Double negatives, now? "So...A'ish?" Uala was okay, alive. That was good. Maybe xe meant they both were safe...at least for now.
Pointing at the door to where the other alien had disappeared, xe seemed to confirm his fear. Out there...was death. Had xe saved his life? Had the other alien been there to kill him? Had xe attacked Uala to get to him? Roan frowned, offering a hand to xem in case xe wanted help up from the floor. "Okay," he said quietly to what sounded like an attempt to comfort him.
Roan watched as xyr color changed to something less pale, perhaps less frightened. 'Weh' seemed to be xyr version of a disappointed tsk. He couldn't blame xem for it--xe had told him not to leave the lab, after all. He hunched his shoulders and mumbled, "Sorry." There was definitely good reason for him to stay in the other room now--it wasn't all a giant question mark in his head begging for a look. Good reasons, beginning with the fact that Uala didn't want him dead, and someone else did. "Okay," he said again, and sent xem a half-smile before gesturing up and down the hallway. "No Roan."
Somehow he was going to have to find another way out--but it wouldn't be through the doors of Not Alive, and he definitely had to braid his hair first.
A'ish couldn't mean 'You' or 'yours' or 'me', he realized. Not when pointing to him, the fluffy toy, and Uala all equaled the same thing. Unless xe meant...'mine'. Roan refused to entertain that notion despite the fact that he still wore cuffs xe could turn on and off at a whim. He was a prisoner, but he didn't belong to Uala. He glanced down at the toy xe kept petting and crooning to. 'Alive', maybe?
Xe pulled out a tiny blade and Roan instinctively straightened his shoulders and balanced his stance, despite the fact it now sat in front of xem. Not alive? No, that can't be right...I must have gotten it wrong again. Yet xyr next word seemed to present the tool in opposing comparison, and it indeed was not alive.
He carefully blanked his expression, trying not to laugh when Uala began making a sound between ferocious chirping and tiny kitten roars. Almost failing, he bit the inside of his cheek. Why would the scalpel be making the same sort of noises he'd be more inclined to expect from the toy? "Kenah doesn't mean blade so..." What other opposites could xe mean? Sharp/dull? Metal/Flesh--even the fake kind?
"No ki," he observed of the blade with a self-deprecating grin, then had another idea, "Ah! Kenah is...No Roan?" Maybe xe had given up on his words and was trying to teach him some of xyr own--but then wouldn't xe still use his name? So that must be wrong too. Novae, but this was ridiculous. Surely there was a translator device somewhere. There was only one way to test his alive/not alive theories, and that was to ponderously get a definition for everything he could get his hands on. He finally huffed out a sigh of frustration and strode forward, pointing to every inanimate object in the lab. "Kenah...kenah...kenah..."
'Uala okay' made him smile, his anxiety and aborted adrenaline ramping down. He felt hot. It was definitely hot in the hallway, not all of the sweat that perked along his brow from just the short jog or fierce concern. And then xe said 'not not alive' and he felt renewed alarm, brown eyes widening. Double negatives, now? "So...A'ish?" Uala was okay, alive. That was good. Maybe xe meant they both were safe...at least for now.
Pointing at the door to where the other alien had disappeared, xe seemed to confirm his fear. Out there...was death. Had xe saved his life? Had the other alien been there to kill him? Had xe attacked Uala to get to him? Roan frowned, offering a hand to xem in case xe wanted help up from the floor. "Okay," he said quietly to what sounded like an attempt to comfort him.
Roan watched as xyr color changed to something less pale, perhaps less frightened. 'Weh' seemed to be xyr version of a disappointed tsk. He couldn't blame xem for it--xe had told him not to leave the lab, after all. He hunched his shoulders and mumbled, "Sorry." There was definitely good reason for him to stay in the other room now--it wasn't all a giant question mark in his head begging for a look. Good reasons, beginning with the fact that Uala didn't want him dead, and someone else did. "Okay," he said again, and sent xem a half-smile before gesturing up and down the hallway. "No Roan."
Somehow he was going to have to find another way out--but it wouldn't be through the doors of Not Alive, and he definitely had to braid his hair first.
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