http://game-of-you.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] game-of-you.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2006-01-16 11:06 am
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Creature languages, 1/16, period 4

There is no spider or other animal in view today as Dream stands to address the class.

"Hello. I hope you all enjoyed speaking with Aunt Nancy last week. That was an attempt to acclimate you to the kind of experiences you will have in class.

She told me, by the way, that she quite enjoyed your questions. And she thanks Mr. Gavin for the coffee.

Today, I want you to take a step back from this subject and recognize something you already know: humans can speak Creature languages, at least on a primitive level. Think about the near-telepathy you might have experienced with a pet, for example. Or a time when you knew an anumal was dangerous. Even if it did not say "I would like to bite you," odds are you could tell what it was thinking.

Creature languages is really just about taking that intuitive communication and expanding it a level, so you can converse as readily with, say, a garden slug as you can with your pet cat, and so you can communicate more complex messages across the species barrier. It is physical and emotional as well as vocal, and I trust you will keep that in mind.

In class today, I want you to write a paragraph discussing a time when you feel you communicated with an animal."

Re: Classwork, 1/16

[identity profile] lovechildblair.livejournal.com 2006-01-17 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a time in Jordan when the house we were staying at didn't have enough rooms, so I slept in the barn. One night I got very cold and went looking for a blanket and pulled one off the door of a what I thought was an empty stall. But there was a stallion inside and it got very antsy and started kicking at the door. I was afraid to put the blanket back, but I could tell it was angry at me because I had taken it. I explained that I was cold and I was shivering and soon the horse stopped kicking and just stared at me, I tried to put the blanket back on the door but it sorta huffed at me and bumped the door and I felt like it wanted me to take the blanket. So I guess we communicated pretty effectively.