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[ohmylord]

"I mean, I think I'm super mature for my age," Claudia says. She's been wearing a bra for two whole years, after all! She thinks. Sometimes it seems like she'd been thirteen a lot longer than she should have been.

"But, um, we're adults at eighteen? And I'm fourteen." Or. Well. She was going to be. Oh man, if she doesn't get home before tomorrow, she'll be stuck having her birthday here.

"So you were an alien before," she guesses shrewdly, "and something weird put you in a human body. Does that mean you used to be little and bald and spindly, with big eyes and no nose?"

[insidegalra]

That's an opinion shared by so many youngsters, and she is young, even if she's nearly adult by the standards of her species. Cadets just starting the mandatory military service are over the age of majority too, after all. Thace nods. "Thank you; that gives me a better reference for comparative age."

The question makes him crack a smile though. "Different species. I was taller, furred, and purple before."

Thace looks at his hands and then runs his fingertips through his hair on top of his head. "I miss my ears and claws already."

[ohmylord]

Oh wow. Claudia's pretty much imagining a purple Chewbacca right now, but in her defense, it's only been a couple years since she saw Return of the Jedi.

"Could you talk like this?" she asks. "Or did you just growl?"

[insidegalra]

"I'm speaking in Galran now, as far as I'm aware," Thace says with an eyebrow raised, "just some of the words take more effort than they used to. Based on that, as a Galra I was capable of a much wider range of vocalizations compared to Earthlings."

[ohmylord]

"No you're not," Claudia argues. "You're speaking in English! Just like I am!"

[insidegalra]

"Given that I don't know that language, I don't know how I can be. Translators are almost universal among species that have achieved interstellar travel, but given the changes to my body, I can't say if mine has been left intact."

After a thoughtful pause, "It's also possible that new translators were inserted by whatever transported us here, I suppose."

[ohmylord]

Claudia winces. "What do you mean? You don't think they stuck-- I don't know? Computer chips in us? Little magic fish in our ears? Are we cybers now?"

Cyborg, Claudia. The word you're looking for is cyborg.

[insidegalra]

"A translator isn't enough to qualify as cybernetic prosthetic or enhancement, but they are usually technology rather than magic."

The fact that he says that so casually, and adds the usually, is probably a sign that Thace at least believes magic is real and isn't discounting the magic fish option.

"I suspect we'd feel it if a living creature were inserted into our ear canals though. A microchip is more likely."

[ohmylord]

"Or a microfish," Claudia jokes. "Anyway, I'm bad at science, but I do know that when you get sick, sometimes it's because there's little germs that are making you sick. Do you think it could be magic germs instead? They're sort of alive."

[insidegalra]

Is that a twitch of a smile? Yes, but blink and miss it entirely. "That's true. Magic nano-particles are a possibility, although I don't know of any existing personally."

Thace thinks nanotech is more likely but it seems to bother her a bit so, he'll play along.

[ohmylord]

"What's a nano party cure?" Claudia asks, wrinkling her nose. That sounds like a Janine thing.

[insidegalra]

It takes Thace a moment to figure out what she's asking about in particular. So he patiently explains, "In this case it means a very small piece of magic that can only be... hm, viewed through a powerful microscope."

Quintessence is visible; it tracks.

[ohmylord]

"Oh wow," Claudia says. Then, "I wish I had you around to explain this stuff all the time. I never can get it when my sister or teachers explain."

[insidegalra]

Thace smiles. "I do what I can, and I'm happy to explain, provided it's something I understand myself."

His expression dims, "in my experience teachers are too overburdened and expected to rise to impossible standards to take the time to tailor lessons. Everyone is a little different in the ways they learn, and make connections between things they already know and new information, but it takes time and effort that most teachers can't afford. So they focus on getting information out in the fastest, most efficient way and leave the students to figure out how to actually learn on their own."