SORRY. D: This is better, no? He is all KASJDGKSDKJGS about words. 
There were many things Harlowe did not understand. Why he was afraid to speak was one of them—he did not understand what compelled his siblings to even begin speaking in the first place. The same thing had not happened within him; there was nothing in Harlowe that made him truly comfortable with speaking to strangers. He had done it the other day, but that was different. It was almost as if something had compelled him to speak to the other man, and it made sense after Harlowe learned they were related in some strange and distant way (and this was another of those things Harlowe did not understand; this one required investigation, naturally). Clearly, there was no relation here, and the nervousness which had plagued him was back in full-force now. Still, the woman's soothing voice and encouragement was helping, of course, and the youngster twirled the spring of lavender in his fingers, spinning it about a few times. “I don't know,” he admitted suddenly. He didn't know why it was so nerve-wracking to speak to others. He didn't know why it bothered him so much.
“I love words. I'm not frightened of the words,” he said, his jade-colored eyes focused on the still-twirling sprig of lavender. ”Words are... words are wonderful.” he said, stopping and stalling for a moment, thinking of some of the prettier ones he had found in his books. There was a dictionary among his growing collection, of course, and upon finding an unfamiliar word in a text the youth would immediately stop and look it up, committing it to memory. “Ephemeral, pyrrhic, opulent. Just lovely!” he said, shaking his head and letting loose a short laugh. These were some of his favorites—he knew many words, but some were prettier than others; some had better meanings than others. Pyrrhic was one word he was especially fond of, though he could rarely find a use for it in regular speech. Even so, it rolled off of his tongue quite naturally when he said it, tasting just right in his dark-furred muzzle.
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