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fandomhigh2018-08-09 09:13 am
futurespacemom) wrote in fandomhigh2018-08-09 09:13 am
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Laying Low for Beginners
There was no teacher when the students arrived in class, but shortly after, Hera rushed in the door, checked the number on it, then nodded. "Right. Sorry, guys, Kanan is out. He's off...doing something. I just remembered he had this class, so I thought I'd come and let you know."
She shrugged. "So, you're supposed to learn laying low, right? I have only the vaguest idea what Kanan has already taught you. Has he gone over voices yet? Your voice is something that can" apparently make people fall instantly in love with you "give you away in any number of ways - the actual sound of it, your accent, the words you choose. I don't know much about Earth accents except that apparently the local one sounds mid-Rim and the Coruscanti accent sounds like something called British, and the Ryloth accent sounds like something called French."
She took a deep breath. "Anyway - think of your own accent, and how you use words, and whether your voice is high- or low-pitched and what else could give you away. Then, try to change it. Come up here and talk to us, and try to make yourself sound like someone else. Someone from another place, or another age, or whatever. Then realize how hard it is, and go away and practice." She grinned. "Maybe try it out on Kanan next week in retaliation."
He would definitely be back next week. He had better.
She shrugged. "So, you're supposed to learn laying low, right? I have only the vaguest idea what Kanan has already taught you. Has he gone over voices yet? Your voice is something that can" apparently make people fall instantly in love with you "give you away in any number of ways - the actual sound of it, your accent, the words you choose. I don't know much about Earth accents except that apparently the local one sounds mid-Rim and the Coruscanti accent sounds like something called British, and the Ryloth accent sounds like something called French."
She took a deep breath. "Anyway - think of your own accent, and how you use words, and whether your voice is high- or low-pitched and what else could give you away. Then, try to change it. Come up here and talk to us, and try to make yourself sound like someone else. Someone from another place, or another age, or whatever. Then realize how hard it is, and go away and practice." She grinned. "Maybe try it out on Kanan next week in retaliation."
He would definitely be back next week. He had better.
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Opposite way around, actually!
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"Depends how you do it," Hera said. "Laying low without being useless is a whole other challenge. I probably don't have to tell you that. Or we could be waging a rebellion against Kanan to challenge his own ability to lay low."
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It may have just occurred to her that that might be what she was currently doing. Not her fault, but still.
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She wasn't really judging, but she also didn't see herself able to do that.
"If you're laying low, presumably there's a reason. I figure the best way to do it is to work so that one day you won't have to lay low."
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""That makes sense," she admitted. "Guess I never really looked at it that way."
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Say it ran in her family.
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