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Frodo nodded in response to Aranck's words; he wouldn't expect anything less of the Great Tribe. He didn't know all that about it, however he was pretty certain it was a wonderful place. Everywhere. he responded to the question of where he was from. Then he figured he might need to be a tad more specific, so he frowned and sniffed. Especially New Zealand and London. he said, even if it didn't make much sense. New Zealand was where he was born - true, they hadn't stayed for very long, but it seemed like home to him. Then there was London, where the gypsies had travelled for the longest. That was where he picked up most of his weird accent, on the streets where the vagabonds lived. And eventually, when he became a cabin boy on a ship, he'd picked up some other odd phrases.
Frodo was confused at what the elder man said next, but then realised what he was saying as he translated. Frodo grinned. Thanks, rip-tide, thanks ever so. he exclaimed. Udo...Udohiyuhiya he repeated to himself, oddly enough getting the pronunciation spot on. This made him realise that learning a new language might not be such a pain in the arse after all. Eh..not really. Back to the basics would be good though, yep, that's spiffing. he said, hoping the basics wouldn't be all that hard. He figured it'd just be simple things like "hello", and "yes", but he could be wrong. What if it was a hell of a lot more complicated than he figured? That would be pretty disturbing, but there was no backing out. He'd decided he was going to do this, and he /was/ going to do this, whether he enjoyed it or not. He wanted to help out making his children proper members of the tribe...he wanted them to belong. Everyone needed to belong to somewhere. Frodo wasn't sure where he belonged to - and this was why he wanted his children to know their place, their home.
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