Creature Languages, 3/16, Period 3

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Dream stands before class in his robes, a raven perched on his shoulder. There is a stack of vocabulary handouts on the table in the front of the room.

"This is Matthew. He will be teaching you today," Dream says, then steps aside.

Matthew takes flight, circling over the heads of the students, before perching back on the lectern and opening his beak. He speaks in English.

"Hey. I'm Matthew, like the boss said. I used to be a man, I smashed up my car, now I'm a raven. It happens."

And if birds could shrug, that's what he would be doing. "Anyhow. It's pretty cool. I'm even used to eating rats now, and our culture's pretty neat, if I do say so myself."

"I hate this lecturing thing. Study your vocabulary sheets and then ask me a question. Raven's better, but if you have to speak in English, go ahead."

With that, Matthew snaps his beak shut and watches the class expectantly.

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Re: Talk to Matthew, 3/16

[swerval_zero]

Zero cleared her throat before making a brave attempt at speaking Raven. "//Did I hear you right*? Did you say teacher was your,// um, boss?" She coughed and touched her throat a little uncomfortably.

*right in the directional sense.

Re: Talk to Matthew, 3/16

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Matthew made that same movement with his wings that would have been a shrug, if birds shrugged. //Yep.//

Then he switched to English. "Maybe less boss than master, I guess. But boss is easier for me to admit."

Re: Talk to Matthew, 3/16

[swerval_zero]

Zero nodded. Since she didn't have the vocabulary for it in Raven, she asked, "May I ask another question?" in English.

Re: Talk to Matthew, 3/16

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//Go ahead,// Matthew said. "What's up?"

Re: Talk to Matthew, 3/16

[swerval_zero]

"//The story about the--// Tower of London //ravens. Is it true? Or is there any truth to it?//"

Re: Talk to Matthew, 3/16

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//I don't know,//Matthew said. "We aren't likely to find out, as long as they keep clipping the wings on the poor guys to lock 'em up."