fandomhigh | Creature Languages, 1/09

As the last Classics students filter out, Dream waits for most of the Creature Languages students to have taken their seats before he begins to speak again.

"Hello, and welcome to class. I hope this will be an enlightening experience for all of you. It is based on a premise that many of you may be ignorant of; all beings have a language. While humans may not be physically equipped to speak or understand them in the wild, so to speak, studying those tongues allows greater communication throughout the environment. This is especially true when it comes to animals that are feared by humans, such as snakes or spiders, and for that reason I plan to concentrate on those languages.

Before class starts, please review the class rules. I would like each of you to sign them at the bottom and turn them in to me. This will serve as our contract for the semester.

After that is done, I would like for each of you to stand and tell the class a little about yourself, including any languages you have studied before, either creature or human-based, and any particular goals for this class. In addition, I am in my office after class for any questions or concerns."

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"Hello, I am Pippi Longstockings. I'm from Sweden were I lived in Villa Villekulla, that's my Papa's house. I spent most of my life sailing around the world with my Papa on his ship until he was washed overboard. But he didn't drown, he's to fat for that. Instead he floated to a tropical island. I had to rescue him when he was captured by another group of pirates who wanted our money. But we're all okay now... This is Mr. Neilson. He's a monkey. Is it okay that I brought him along?"

Mr. Neilson bows to the class and doffs his hat to Dream.

Dream raises a hand in greeting to Mr. Neilson before addressing Pippi. "He is more than welcome in this class, Miss Longstocking. I'm glad both of you could join us today."

"Thank you sir. We're glad too."

Mr. Neilson skuttles forward with two copies of the class rules. One of them has Pippi's signature and the other his paw print.

Dream takes the forms and files them with the others.

//Thank you,// he says to Mr. Neilson in the appropriate vareity of monkey. //Enjoy class.//

//I'm sure I will.// is his reply he has a surprisingly erudite accent, //...Creatures have never had a problem understanding her. But I'm still trying to figure out if it's really a good thing for her to understand *us*.// He winks and hops back up on her shoulder.

Blair grinned and waved at Pippi from where he was sitting.

Pippi waved back, as did Mr. Neilson.

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