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Imagination 17 - Quiet Car

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"Siebren?"

Nita had brought, primarily, her Manual - though she'd thought to bring an assortment of supplies, as well.

And two water bottles, because one truly could never tell.

"I've got the right Quiet room, right?"

They'd only talked a little, after everyone had reboarded the train; enough for Nita to get another look at his wounds as part of the healing brigade, and to arrange a Better time to talk about Talking in the Speech.

That it also meant she could check on him in a less hectic environment was a subtle plus.

85 years later istg

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"You do, yes." If ever Siebren mentions the quiet car, he generally means the room stenciled with constellations, and that is where Nita joins him now. He has mostly recovered from the stresses and injuries of the mission, though there is still an edge of exhaustion to his movements - uninterrupted sleep has been hard to come by.

"Thank you for being willing to teach me." Though tired, his smile is genuine.

Re: 85 years later istg

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By this point Nita's eyes don't immediately jump to the stars around them - but she does smile up at them once she's in the room proper, before moving over to place her book down.

"Not like there's a correspondence program for the Speech - not on this train, anyway. And it's like any language; getting to practice it with someone who already uses it helps loads."

With that exquisite explanation, Nita began to flip through the Manual to the syllabary - one with quite a number of characters, if Siebren's trying to get a head start.

"And to some extent, the language itself will help you - it wants to be understood."