07-19-2018, 01:43 PM
Birdeater - that was a new one. Most people didn't even bother learning his species, which was fine. He usually didn't bother learning anyone else's, just intuiting it from how they looked, which, considering the abundance of magical creatures, could be difficult sometimes. Oh, and she had more questions for him, more things for him to answer. How entertaining. "Spiders don't sleep. Instead, go into inactive state for amount of time to conserve metabolism. Most spiders, active during night-time. Avoid diurnal predators. Others active during day. Depends on species, environment." Speaking about spiders was a nice, casual discussion for him, like talking about the weather, except he had very strong opinions on the weather and could usually find it in contempt. Being an ectotherm did give you such things. "Personally, had previously adapted shorter inactive cycles to accomadate diurnal and nocturnal lifestyles, allow easy socialization, but all current mutations, gone." Which was certainly a shame - the rainbow eyes were oh so handy in terms of expressing his emotions.
Abathur could relate to Aya on that level, at least. The inquisitiveness came natural to him, but small talk? He essentially never brought it up. It felt inefficient to him, totally useless conversation only there because someone once couldn't figure out what to say and absolutely needed to say something for some reason. He was all about efficiency, of course, if his way of speaking didn't give that idea enough. Oh, the ever present question about his comfort. That was barely interesting enough to hold a conversation, he felt. "Tanglewood, strange. Atmospheric radiation, dense swamp, unnatural foliage, all interesting. Uncomfortable to live here, but has research upsides." He gave an approximation of a shrug with two of his front-facing limbs. "Preferred previous place of residence, but can adapt to life here."
Abathur could relate to Aya on that level, at least. The inquisitiveness came natural to him, but small talk? He essentially never brought it up. It felt inefficient to him, totally useless conversation only there because someone once couldn't figure out what to say and absolutely needed to say something for some reason. He was all about efficiency, of course, if his way of speaking didn't give that idea enough. Oh, the ever present question about his comfort. That was barely interesting enough to hold a conversation, he felt. "Tanglewood, strange. Atmospheric radiation, dense swamp, unnatural foliage, all interesting. Uncomfortable to live here, but has research upsides." He gave an approximation of a shrug with two of his front-facing limbs. "Preferred previous place of residence, but can adapt to life here."
tags - "speech"