[She arches an eyebrow, trying not to look too amused. Which is probably for the best, as she really needs to pay attention to what he's teaching her. She watches his body language and the way his mouth moves to form the words he's speaking, trying to whisper to herself to say it before speaking out loud.]
Nem mi Karen?
[She manages to get out, hand pressing against her chest. To her, this isn't silly or stupid at all. She feels like a kid at elementary school learning a new language maybe, but everyone has to start somewhere. Which means she adds on a belated] Oye.
[Complete with ridiculous exaggerated wave of her hand.]
[ he turns towards her, narrowing his eyes at the comment about kovacs. but THEY DOn'T TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUb aka their feelings so drop it. he's walking backwards now so he can watch her, nodding like so-so to the first statement but then he's taking her wrist with his free hand and shaking it in a more pronounced way, correcting. ] Oye.
[ since it was adapted with chinese settlers in mind, it is vaguely tonal. he shrugs. ]
Not bad for an Earther. Fo keng to im gut, Inyalowda. Nice to meet you. [ his eyes shine with something like bemusement. then he glances at max. ] What are you lookin' at? You wanna learn Belter too? To pochuye ke? You understand me, koyo keyá? Smart bastard.
[Karen laughs and places a steady hand on Max's head. He seems to always know exactly when he's being spoken to, and is currently looking up at Miller like he's a dumb asshole that he knows is insulting him. ]
Of course I'm going to teach him. I'm pretty sure he already understands morse code. And sign, obviously. He's a smarter than your average dog.
[She'll take his praise though. Karen always soaks it up from people she likes.]
Come on. Let's go get some coffee and keep going. My treat.
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[She arches an eyebrow, trying not to look too amused. Which is probably for the best, as she really needs to pay attention to what he's teaching her. She watches his body language and the way his mouth moves to form the words he's speaking, trying to whisper to herself to say it before speaking out loud.]
Nem mi Karen?
[She manages to get out, hand pressing against her chest. To her, this isn't silly or stupid at all. She feels like a kid at elementary school learning a new language maybe, but everyone has to start somewhere. Which means she adds on a belated] Oye.
[Complete with ridiculous exaggerated wave of her hand.]
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[ since it was adapted with chinese settlers in mind, it is vaguely tonal. he shrugs. ]
Not bad for an Earther. Fo keng to im gut, Inyalowda. Nice to meet you. [ his eyes shine with something like bemusement. then he glances at max. ] What are you lookin' at? You wanna learn Belter too? To pochuye ke? You understand me, koyo keyá? Smart bastard.
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Of course I'm going to teach him. I'm pretty sure he already understands morse code. And sign, obviously. He's a smarter than your average dog.
[She'll take his praise though. Karen always soaks it up from people she likes.]
Come on. Let's go get some coffee and keep going. My treat.
[Ha ha her jokes are the worst.]