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[hyanaimne]

[she blinks, then stares at him for a long moment.

. . . then bursts into laughter, genuinely amused and a little relieved, too]

While I am touched you would mistaken me for one, no. I'm a half-elf. [she reaches up to push some hair away from her ear so he can get a better look]

[lazyinlove]

[He leans down a little, to check it out. His own hair falls in his face when he does, and he has to stop and blow it out of the way first. But yep, those sure are some pointy ears. Cool.]

Cool.

[hyanaimne]

[a faint shake of her head]

I do not think I will get used to people thinking like that.

[lazyinlove]

What do they usually think?

[hyanaimne]

["abomination", "cursed creature", "monster"]

Ah . . . let's just say that my kind is not very . . . welcome in my world.

[lazyinlove]

That sucks.

[It's not exactly eloquent, but it's a genuine response. He studies the ears again for a moment, and shrugs.]

They're nice. We like them.

[hyanaimne]

[she smiles a bit, ducking her head. It really is nice to hear that someone doesn't think she's some abomination simply because she's half-blooded]

Thank you.

[lazyinlove]

Open it up. Take a look. Maybe you can tell me what it means when you finish it, because it's like a foreign fucking language to me.

[It's sweet, but he doesn't want to draw out her reaction, so he changes the subject to something less personal.]

[hyanaimne]

[Tempest peeks up, then tilts her head, curious]

You said it was Shakespeare, but . . . what is it about?

[lazyinlove]

Kings and elves and stuff I guess. Seriously, I don't really understand it.

[hyanaimne]

[she can't help but laugh a little]

Perhaps I can explain it when I am done with it, then.

[lazyinlove]

Better than I can I bet.

[hyanaimne]

I doubt that. Is it a modern story? I hardly understand that.

[lazyinlove]

Uh, no. Why would I bring you that? Shakespeare's been dead since my great grandmotger's great great grandmother was a baby or something. That's why I thought it'd make you feel at home.

[hyanaimne]

Oh.

[that's . . . that's really, really sweet]

[lazyinlove]

Lots of thou and thee and thy up in there.

[hyanaimne]

[she snorts]

I barely know the difference between those.

[lazyinlove]

You too? Man, they always tell us it's just how English was.

[hyanaimne]

Where I am from, you only see that sort of language in older texts - and religious texts, for that matter. Human ones, anyway. [she hums thoughtfully to herself] I do not think there is even an equivalent in my own language. If there is, I do not know it.

[lazyinlove]

Seriously? That was huge in your time on earth. Huh.

[hyanaimne]

I could be wrong - I have never read religious Elven texts. Nor would I have been allowed to.

[lazyinlove]

Nah, it was everyone. Not just religious texts. Guess elf world is just different.

[hyanaimne]

How strange . . .

[lazyinlove]

No way, what's strange is using it only for religious texts. Talk about a specific reason to invent a language, right?

[hyanaimne]

Well, it is an older way of speaking, yes? So it would make sense if one looks at it that way.