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"Hello class." Mary said as soon as the classroom had settled down. "I hope you all had a pleasant weekend. I was able to meet with a few parents, guardians and... Others."

Yes Jude she's looking at you.

"If your parents or guardians were not able to attend this weekend I would be happy to discuss your progress with them over the phone. But it is up to you to let them know that is an option."

No, she's not smirking.

"Today we are discussing the language of Filis silvestris catus, also known as the domesticated or 'house' cat. The language itself will serve with any member of the Felidae family. But, being the language of a branch that shares it's habitat for the most part with humans, the vocabulary is a bit broader. The domesticated language lends itself more to direct translation from human languages. A wild cat, be it a feral silvestris catus or one of the lager wild Felidae, will understand what you're saying if you speak Domestic to it. Though they might think you sound a bit... Posh. We have two guest speakers today to illustrate this, but we'll get to that in a bit."

"They use more than one hundred vocalizations and types of body language for communication." Mary explained. "Which makes it about ten times as complex as the language of hounds which we've already covered. The unique sound a cat makes is rendered onomatopoeically as "meow" or similar variants ("miaow", "miau" etc.) in most European languages as well as Mandarin Chinese. Though the French often write the sound a cat makes as 'ron'. Japanese has it as "nyaau", "nyu", or "nyan"; Korean as "yaong" or "nyaong". In Arabic the sound is transcribed as "mowa'a" or "naw". Other variants exist throughout the world. This unique sound is referred to by those who consider themselves experts as a 'Call'. Hence the phrase 'Cat Call'. The cat's pronunciation of this call varies significantly depending onmeaning. Usually cats call out to indicate pain, request humanattention (to be fed or played with, for example), or as a greeting."

Mary goes on to give some information about communication and body language.

"As I said before, we have two guest speakers today. One is... Merdebaise..." Mary didn't comment on the meaning of that name. "Who was until recently fending for herself. The other is Pywackit, who has lived with people all his life."

[ooc: Sorry for lateness, ~~please wait for OCD~~ open!]]

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Merdebaise is here.

And hates you all.

//Hello, there// Lavender vaguely recalled Pip telling her he had a rather violent cat.

//Greetings blonde one. Why should I not kill you now?//

Lavender's eyes opened wide. //I have magic?//

//What kind of magic? Is it the kind that I get if I eat you?//

Lavender wasn't sure whether to laugh of cry. //No!// Lavender took a deel breath. //Do you live with Pip?//

//Pip? Do you speak of the large one with one-eye and the needlessly long hair?//

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//Hey there.// Kaoru said to the kitty, noting its rather...angry look and standing a few feet back.

//Greetings red haired one. And you are?//

//My name is// Kaoru. He nods and smiles. //How's...life?//

//Boring. I have not defeated any large opponents in a long while.//

//Opponents? That's unfortunate.. Maybe you're not looking in the right places?//

//Oh, I have. But the tall, one-eyed, long haired one will not let me fight them. I shall have to teach him a lesson in politeness towards his superiors.//

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Stark nodded politely to the cat. He thought she looked angry, but that hadn't really stopped him from talking to anyone else in the past, so he'd just try being polite.

//Hello//

//Hello. Why do you only wear armor on your face and no other part of your body? Is that part of your face particularly vulnerable?//

Stark blinked at the questions, then shook his head.

//Not armor! It's a mask. To cover where I don't have a face.//

//No face? Did you lose your face in battle?//

//No. Just not there. So I have the mask.//

//Are you ashamed?//

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//Did you choose your name yourself, or was it given to you?// Carmela asks curiously.

//My name, Bears-tread-in-fear-of, was given to me upon my fifth bear treeing.//

Something about him reminds Angela of her cat, Min.

//Hello,// she ventures.

//Hello. Why should I not kill you today?//

Angela was a little surprised by the cat's tone -- but, on the other hand, she was used to Faithful. //How do you feel about bribes?//

//It depends, what sort of bribe are you offering?//

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