I remember talking about it but I think we never got a chance to properly do much with it? Shrike ended up bonding with Ryner over a 4th wall though so Ryner's been helping teach him... but Shrike still needs uh. a lot of practice. Kid's smart and a quick learner, but he's had zero formal education and is lucky he picked up how to read at all in the first place...
Yeah see THE THING IS Shrike is... older than he looks, because his aging is funky. When I first apped him I described him as "no more than 12 years old" in appearance but tbh that was being generous; now two years later he'd probably be a more convincing 12-year-old. XD But! He's also incredibly shy (he is naturally introverted) and has... not had very much positive social interaction at all prior to finding himself in Johto so he's also more than a little underdeveloped emotionally, too. All of which makes it very easy for people to assume he really IS the age he appears to be.
SO if Varian is willing to deal with the shyness and social awkwardness to get to know someone else who's an actual teenager, I'd definitely be down for that! |D
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Yeah see THE THING IS Shrike is... older than he looks, because his aging is funky. When I first apped him I described him as "no more than 12 years old" in appearance but tbh that was being generous; now two years later he'd probably be a more convincing 12-year-old. XD But! He's also incredibly shy (he is naturally introverted) and has... not had very much positive social interaction at all prior to finding himself in Johto so he's also more than a little underdeveloped emotionally, too. All of which makes it very easy for people to assume he really IS the age he appears to be.
SO if Varian is willing to deal with the shyness and social awkwardness to get to know someone else who's an actual teenager, I'd definitely be down for that! |D