[She's never really thought of it in those terms before, but it fits, and without even having to think about it she knows that that's exactly what they were doing.]
... Yeah, maybe for now. [ He admits, holding his tablet a little more tightly. ] Just until we can figure out how to fix this. But you can call me whenever you want, okay? If you get lonely, or if someone is in the same house as you on accident and you need help.
I know it sucks traveling here by yourself, I'm sorry.
I see the other children in the classroom. And sometimes, when I stand in the right place in my cell and look through the window, I can see into their cells, too.
[She hesitates, and then goes on. She likes talking about this. It's relaxing to talk about life back on the base, when everything was simpler and she didn't have all these new thoughts and worries.]
I made up a language of signs. I wanted to teach it to the others so that we could talk through the windows, but Miss Justineau said that I couldn't.
You made up a language of signs? [ That actually makes him grin a bit. ] I know something about that, actually. I'll tell you in a second. Why couldn't you talk to the others?
[She hesitates, then turns on the video and signs something quickly. It's definitely not ASL or any other known sign language, but she's fast and fluid with it, and clearly practiced.]
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Date: 2017-01-10 03:25 am (UTC)[She isn't sure whether to be relieved or disappointed. Being a zombie sounds awful, and yet... you can learn to not be.]
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Date: 2017-01-10 03:28 am (UTC)I'm not really a doctor or scientist or any sort of expert.
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Date: 2017-01-11 12:24 am (UTC)[She's never really thought of it in those terms before, but it fits, and without even having to think about it she knows that that's exactly what they were doing.]
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Date: 2017-01-12 04:46 pm (UTC)Are you still alone?
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Date: 2017-01-12 04:48 pm (UTC)[She takes a deep breath, steeling her voice.]
I should be.
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Date: 2017-01-12 04:50 pm (UTC)I know it sucks traveling here by yourself, I'm sorry.
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Date: 2017-01-12 04:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-01-12 05:46 pm (UTC)What do you do while you're by yourself? Read a lot, I bet, right?
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Date: 2017-01-12 05:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-01-12 08:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-01-12 08:11 pm (UTC)[She hesitates, and then goes on. She likes talking about this. It's relaxing to talk about life back on the base, when everything was simpler and she didn't have all these new thoughts and worries.]
I made up a language of signs. I wanted to teach it to the others so that we could talk through the windows, but Miss Justineau said that I couldn't.
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Date: 2017-01-12 08:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2017-01-17 04:05 pm (UTC)video
Date: 2017-01-17 05:21 pm (UTC)Those are the letters for your name.
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Date: 2017-01-18 03:23 pm (UTC)Those are the letters for your name in the sign language I know. That's pretty cool, kiddo, you came up with that on your own?
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Date: 2017-01-18 06:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-01-20 06:39 am (UTC)