CREATURE OF THE NIGHT ☆ o, learning asl

[FRAGGLEROCK.]

Why, oh why, did it always have to be her? Fraggle knew that, logically, Cleo had a responsibility to be around often, considering her position as a Talonguard. However, these days he always found himself shrinking away from her, and trying to put as much space between the two of them as possible. Not because he was frightened, no. He wasn't actually scared of her eating him, knowing such a thing would come with massive consequences for her. Rather, he just disliked her presence, finding her sharp tongue to be grating, and her words to be rather unhelpful. This time was no exception, the boy's long ears pinned back briefly before he spoke, "I do know how to read and speak. But I'm trying to learn something new. I'm hoping to learn sign language, so that I'll be able to communicate more easily with Aesior when he returns." While his anxiety tried to prod at him about the possibility of the other not returning, he shoved it back down stubbornly. He couldn't think that way. It wouldn't be all that long before Aesior was back, and things were good as new. He was sure of it.

Just as he was about to turn and ask Cleopatra why she was hanging around, Frag was interrupted by the approach of Vincent. The other's presence caused Fraggke to settle down slightly, feeling less like snapping aggressively at Cleo to go away. With Aesior gone, Vincent and Arlo were the main people in his life who still provided him with comfort, and a sheer happiness. Not that he disliked the rest of The Golden Eye. Rather, he was just very close to Vincent and Arlo, despite Vincent's rather quiet nature. In response to the other's question, the young rabbit was quick to nod his head, explaining as he held up the sign for "a," "Yes, there is. These are the signs that I can use to communicate different letters of the alphabet. Ideally I won't need to spell everything out letter by letter, but if there's something I can't communicate with existing signs, it's a good fallback." Besides, it only seemed proper to learn the alphabet of a language before moving on to anything more complex.

As his tail twitched idly behind him, Fragglerock then questioned Vincent, a small smile on his face, "Hey... would you like to learn some ASL too, Vincent? It can be really useful in general, especially if more deaf or mute newcomers join The Golden Eye at some point." Even if one wasn't deaf or mute, sign language could still come in handy. There were occasionally those times where Frag felt like he just couldn't get the words out, and hopefully sign language could fill in the gaps. He didn't want to lean on it too terribly hard, considering he rather liked talking aloud, but he still felt rather enthusiastic about the whole idea.

☆ — what of the meek, the mourning, and the merciful?