[p] build that city on a hill

Sparrow · 04-26-2012, 05:20 PM

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Sparrow blinked at the fact was she nearly spelled Myrika’s name right. At first she thought it was too simple, perhaps overseeing something important when she was sounding out her name in her head, but apparently, that’s what was to it for the most part. She felt something unusual inside of her, some emotion she never felt when living with her father—it was definitely pride, satisfaction that she did something right. She liked this feeling very much, and suddenly became more attentive to the woman’s words. Despite not getting her name right in reality, the other seemed to see this as progress.

Dog seemed simple enough, but as soon as she got past the D, she was stuck on the second part of the word, -og. While thinking over the word, now wanting to get it right even though she lacked knowledge of this subject, she watched Myri pulled out a book from the sea that was the shelves and explain what they were. “If they are easy, it’s best to start there, then, even if they are for younger canines…” Her ability on the situation on hand might as well have been juvenile anyway, so she took no offense. Again, she thought of the simple word “dog”, and asked, “How many letters are in this… alphabet?”

The fawn blinked in surprise at the rather thick book Myrika showed her, in awe at how anyone, even with skills that were honed with many years of experience, was able to read that, much less a beginner. Then again, it might not have been much for the historian to take in, probably being raised and combed to be learned since birth. When the other mentioned that there was more than one written language, her mind did a double take. She hoped that they wouldn’t be necessary to learn, not wanting to learn some foreign tongue in order to read, which sparked the interest of the girl. But, it seemed she did not have to, and sighed audibly in relief.

Thinking that she had left the word alone for too long, Sparrow said softly, “Is dog spelled as… d-a-g?” The middle still confused her, having the aww sound, not knowing what thing could be placed there. It sounded somewhat similar to a letter that Myri mentioned when she spelled out her name, the “a”, so she went with that, though was not confident with her answer.

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