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."
Re: 85 years later istg
"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."