Creature Languages, 02/02, Period 3

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There is a small white rat sitting on the lectern, while Dream stands to one side. At Dream's nod, the rat addresses the class in English in a voice that is clear, though high-pitched.

"Hey, kiddos. I'm Racso. I'm supposed to help teach you guys Rat. Heh. Might be easier to just teach all us rats English. But whatever, I ain't getting paid for my opinion.

Anyhow, your professor is passing out a vocabulary sheet. You're supposed to try to ask me a question from it in Rat. Go into English if you hafta. But study it over the weekend, 'cause on Monday, you're gonna need to talk to each other in Rat."

He turns to Dream. "Anything else I gotta say?" At the shake of Dream's head, Racso gnaws on the lectern briefly, then addresses the class again. "So who wants to go first?"

[OOC: Racso is loosely borrowed from "Racso and the Rats of NIMH", though my memory of the book is imperfect. Forgive any canon fumbles. Also, work is looking busy, so I may be slow.]

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Re: Class Discussion, Creature, 02/02

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Racso glances back at Dream. //Professor? This is more up your alley than mine. Heh, alley, rat, get it?//

Dream sighs and turns his attention to Xander. "It depends on the kind of enchantment used," he says. "Without knowing that, it is hard to say."

"It is most likely, though, that she just knew Rat when she found herself in her new body. It would have been a cruel spell indeed, to trap her without a language, and I doubt she would have done that to herself. For the same reason, I suspect she remembers being a girl, in the way humans remember dreams or early childhood."

"I doubt she is very unhappy."

Re: Class Discussion, Creature, 02/02

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//Thanks// Xander said to both the rat and his professor, looking, possibly, a bit thrown.

"That's... something to think about."