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[hellosirs]

[ First, he'd panicked. Suddenly being unable to speak was bad enough, but not being able to read or write was terrifying, and Angus had spent about an hour holed up in his room, trying to make sense of his books even though the text kept swimming out of focus. Some time with his family had helped calm him down, though, and it soon became obvious that this was the Turbo-Liches up to their usual fuckery. Things would go back to normal in a few days, but in the meantime, Angus was going to have to squash the fear down and try to figure out how to communicate, because miming things out could only get him so far.

Speaking didn't work. Writing didn't work. Typing didn't work, but... there was more than one keyboard on these phone things, wasn't there? Lup had shown him, once... ]

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[ Anybody out there know sign language? Anyone willing to teach it? ]

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[stealyoursoul]

[Seems like the kid has got most of the basics down, so at least he'll be able to communicate with people around here.]

Good job. When you get your voice back, you can tell me your name. I'm Leo.

[hellosirs]

[ He flashes Leo a quick thumbs-up, and signs 'ANGUS' at the camera - another thing Avisheh taught him. He also signs 'AVISHEH', and since he doesn't have enough vocabulary to follow that up with 'taught me some words', he compensates with his phone again for the rest of the sentence. ]

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[stealyoursoul]

You're welcome. Come look me up sometime later.

[This kid is just too pure and must be protected at all times. Good thing one of the redeeming qualities Leo has going for him is a big brother streak that makes him want to watch over anyone with a good soul.]