[Gnosis waits patiently while Toge types, leaning against the wall... and it's only when he reads it all cover to cover that his expression falls into something distinctly disdainful, a whistle on his lips. By Kjeragandr.]
Cruelty exists in all worlds, it seems. [He says with a note of finality.] For your sake, I'm grateful none of those Elders are here now, or I imagine I might have to resort to more deranged methods of removing people.
[Perfectly normal thing to say, right? But his gaze softens in the end anyway, sympathetic and, if nothing else, caring in that way that Gnosis usually cares: with violence and overly-clinical statements.]
You're free here, you know. I realise it's nearly impossible to mentally overcome what you've gone through, and no one in their right mind would blame you for that. Even if this place is nothing like the homes either of us ever knew, you're a person to everyone here, and not merely an object to be used.
...and, if you'd like, I can try to make an Arts suppression unit like I mentioned earlier, in case you'd like to use your voice without needing to speak in code. If not, well, that's what the sign is for, isn't it?
I don't know if it's worth it. [ He signs, but nodding his agreement that indeed, that is what it is for.
To explain he turns to text, it's just faster. ]
Something like that might suppress my cursed speech and allow me to turn it off, but I don't think it means I could start speaking. I can speak twenty words or less and most days I only speak a handful of words, one at a time.
Adding new words is a disaster in the making really. It's embarrassing to admit that sounding things out takes practice, when that's usually something a toddler struggles with but...I can't help it.
It's hardly embarrassing, given your unique circumstances. There's no need to push yourself either way. I'm glad to be able to talk with you through typing, or through sign.
[He hasn't stopped signing this entire time. It's good practice for the both of them; they say if you don't use it, you lose it, after all.]
I'll accept that you don't need a device like that, in this case, but know from here on you're allowed to come to me at any time to ask for help, be it simple or complex. Alright?
I'm not that worried about it, it's just never come up before that I could in theory talk, but I think I would still be limited. It's always difficult. [ It's a lot less to sign now so he does so comfortably. It was too long a story to convey in a reasonable amount of time. ]
Thanks Gnosis, I'll try and remember that. [ Toge smiles, he says try because well, he's mostly self-sufficient because he has to be. The injury has been a blow to that, but he's trying to adapt as best he can. ]
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Date: 2023-12-04 11:37 pm (UTC)Cruelty exists in all worlds, it seems. [He says with a note of finality.] For your sake, I'm grateful none of those Elders are here now, or I imagine I might have to resort to more deranged methods of removing people.
[Perfectly normal thing to say, right? But his gaze softens in the end anyway, sympathetic and, if nothing else, caring in that way that Gnosis usually cares: with violence and overly-clinical statements.]
You're free here, you know. I realise it's nearly impossible to mentally overcome what you've gone through, and no one in their right mind would blame you for that. Even if this place is nothing like the homes either of us ever knew, you're a person to everyone here, and not merely an object to be used.
...and, if you'd like, I can try to make an Arts suppression unit like I mentioned earlier, in case you'd like to use your voice without needing to speak in code. If not, well, that's what the sign is for, isn't it?
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Date: 2023-12-05 03:04 am (UTC)To explain he turns to text, it's just faster. ]
Something like that might suppress my cursed speech and allow me to turn it off, but I don't think it means I could start speaking. I can speak twenty words or less and most days I only speak a handful of words, one at a time.
Adding new words is a disaster in the making really. It's embarrassing to admit that sounding things out takes practice, when that's usually something a toddler struggles with but...I can't help it.
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Date: 2023-12-07 04:19 am (UTC)[He hasn't stopped signing this entire time. It's good practice for the both of them; they say if you don't use it, you lose it, after all.]
I'll accept that you don't need a device like that, in this case, but know from here on you're allowed to come to me at any time to ask for help, be it simple or complex. Alright?
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Date: 2023-12-07 04:18 pm (UTC)Thanks Gnosis, I'll try and remember that. [ Toge smiles, he says try because well, he's mostly self-sufficient because he has to be. The injury has been a blow to that, but he's trying to adapt as best he can. ]