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Well that was embarrassing. Or at least it would be, had it not been for the stalwart patience of the warden that encouraged the boy rather than mocked him.
"Oh. Hmm." He pursed his lips and looked back down at the page, his finger still pressed to the word. "Gossipfly," he enunciated, "That makes more sense. With the wings and all." Then, he trailed his fingers along the next few words and sounded through them, lips moving with his quiet reading. Even though there were some words he didn't know just by sight -- human, being one of them -- he could still piece together a description of the creatures based on the sounds and words surrounding what he didn't know.
Thus, he scrunched up his face in a clear display of disgust. "Have you seen these things before? They have people faces."
"Oh. Hmm." He pursed his lips and looked back down at the page, his finger still pressed to the word. "Gossipfly," he enunciated, "That makes more sense. With the wings and all." Then, he trailed his fingers along the next few words and sounded through them, lips moving with his quiet reading. Even though there were some words he didn't know just by sight -- human, being one of them -- he could still piece together a description of the creatures based on the sounds and words surrounding what he didn't know.
Thus, he scrunched up his face in a clear display of disgust. "Have you seen these things before? They have people faces."
