[Thace's agreement to the statement is soft, a little distant, like he's thinking about something else for a split second, and then his whole attention is on Ulaz and Poochyena again.]
That's actually a... mm, I'm not sure I'd call it a hobby? An interest of mine here. Pokemon seem to understand the gist of what we say without any training or effort on their parts, but the reverse isn't quite true. With experience, there can certainly be communication without any additional methods, and some will refuse to use them at all, but additional methods are helpful. I've attempted to learn their means of communication, but there's something about it beyond the physical that I can't replicate. So most of my family has taken upon themselves to learn the additional methods to make things easier for me.
One of my family, Vonir--
[And at this point a very fluffy Flareon bounds into Thace's lap, startling him into a laugh, and he pauses to bunt foreheads with her affectionately before continuing.]
She's decided to learn to write. I'm working on perfecting a device that will make it easier to manipulate writing utensils with her paws, but honestly, she hardly needs it.
[The Flareon bounds offscreen only to come back a second later with a pad of paper in her mouth. The letters are large and a little wobbly but it clearly says "Hi! Happy to meet new friends!"]
no subject
[Thace's agreement to the statement is soft, a little distant, like he's thinking about something else for a split second, and then his whole attention is on Ulaz and Poochyena again.]
That's actually a... mm, I'm not sure I'd call it a hobby? An interest of mine here. Pokemon seem to understand the gist of what we say without any training or effort on their parts, but the reverse isn't quite true. With experience, there can certainly be communication without any additional methods, and some will refuse to use them at all, but additional methods are helpful. I've attempted to learn their means of communication, but there's something about it beyond the physical that I can't replicate. So most of my family has taken upon themselves to learn the additional methods to make things easier for me.
One of my family, Vonir--
[And at this point a very fluffy Flareon bounds into Thace's lap, startling him into a laugh, and he pauses to bunt foreheads with her affectionately before continuing.]
She's decided to learn to write. I'm working on perfecting a device that will make it easier to manipulate writing utensils with her paws, but honestly, she hardly needs it.
[The Flareon bounds offscreen only to come back a second later with a pad of paper in her mouth. The letters are large and a little wobbly but it clearly says "Hi! Happy to meet new friends!"]