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[wolfuncaged]

[Today, Fenris is trying out his letters. After the...ransom note incident, he's been a lot less keen to write anything down, but he's decided to give it another go. Of course, filtering this to himself or writing it on another piece of paper doesn't occur to him, so the journals get his attempts at writing scrawled all over them]



[He pauses, then tries the letter G a few more times, before giving a frustrated growl and scribbling it out. Fuck you, Letter G. It's at this point that he notices what he's been writing on. Oh. Pretend like it was on purpose, Fenris. Yup. He calmly dictates into the page;]

I have heard there was some kind of...dog creature on the grounds. Does anyone know what became of it? I fear I missed the chance to witness it for myself.

[Mostly because after seeing Andraste wandering around out there, he'd decided it wasn't a good idea to mess around with ghosts] Or if the spirits were here for any reason other than just to stand there.

Comments

[msattentionspan]

[Ruh-Roh. Dog creature? Faith killed something like that a ways back... BUT onto other more important things.]

Nice penmanship.

[wolfuncaged]

[Noooo Faith don't bring up the thing he was pretending isn't there]

It is an improvement, at least.

[msattentionspan]

[Too late. She's trying to avoid all the stuff she's not talking about. Which I need to go set up in that log....]

Better than mine. Who's teaching you?

dictated!

[amiable]

Alphabet...?

[wolfuncaged]

[Ohoho. So many things to avoid]

I doubt that. Hawke, she was teaching me back home, she felt it only right to resume my studies here.

forever!

[wolfuncaged]

[One day he will learn not to write in the journal. One day]

...Yes. I am... practising.

[amiable]

[ It doesn't bother her at all. ]

Ohh!

[ She pauses. ]

That's not bad so far!

[wishmadeinfire]

Are you learning letters, Fenris?

[peacockherald]

G is always hard at first.

[shipper_on_deck]

I can never get over how cute [girly] your handwriting is.

[wolfuncaged]

It is not meant to be cute...

[wolfuncaged]

It is a very awkward shape. [It's like it starts out as a C then just goes CRAZY]

[msattentionspan]

[Lots.]

How's that going? The learning thing.

[wolfuncaged]

Yes, Hawke has been teaching me again. [You know, between bouts of castle insanity that isn't a really good learning environment]

[wolfuncaged]

...

Thank you. It is not an easy thing to learn, but I have hope I will master it one day.

[amiable]

It's not very hard. I'm sure you can learn it in no time.

[ Though she is curious about something... ]

Did you never learn back home?

[peacockherald]

It is. The best way to do it is to make it into a sort of song in your head and never lift the pen from the page as you make it.

[shipper_on_deck]

[snicker] I would pay to see you do it on purpose.

[wishmadeinfire]

Oh, that's wonderful. You were doing well up until the G.

[courageous_wit]

I didn't get a chance to see it, unfortunately.

[wolfuncaged]

A shame, I imagine it must have been quite the sight.

[wolfuncaged]

Then you will remain a wealthy woman, Isabela.

[wolfuncaged]

...A song? You can make this into a song?

[wolfuncaged]

The G always causes me some difficulty.

[wolfuncaged]

That is my hope.

[Most awkward pause ever]

No. Slaves are not permitted to learn to read or write. I never had the opportunity to learn until I escaped and met Hawke.