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: 2017-01-12 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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