Lust was helping a bit. Then, of course, things around me starting happening at an incredibly unsettling rate and I haven't had the down time to sit back and study my letters exactly.
[He doesn't seem to mind the questions so much, as law is actually being quite polite about it.]
I can muddle through enough. And I suppose you could read me things, if you like.
[ well, as long as molly brings up the things that were happening to him at the alarming rate then there's no need for law to feel bad about it. though, he tilts his head to a side. ]
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[He takes them back and puts them into his deck, fanning them out briefly to check they're all still there.]
Not a very good reader, no. Haven't the time. Didn't pick it up much, in between learning and speak and everything else.
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there we go. ]
Are you practicing on your own here or...is there someone helping you?
[ not that it matters to law but he's curious. you know, since he was a kid who was given advance text to read and understand at an early age. ]
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[He doesn't seem to mind the questions so much, as law is actually being quite polite about it.]
I can muddle through enough. And I suppose you could read me things, if you like.
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Does that help?
[ he's not offering...yet. ]
Being read to, that is.
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Anyway, quickly, in a joking tone:] Only if you do voices.
[And then more seriously.]
Actually, do you have steady handwriting?
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I'm not good at voices, but I'll make one attempt.
[ very seriously. ]
And I do. I have to write note to my crewmates and some of them are important.
[ so, you know, while he does have doctor script, he also has normal human script that isn't a disaster and lots of squints...but louder. ]