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[/html] There was a slight pause before Claudius heard Io shuffle through the hut and open the door. She peered behind it, almost curiously, as if she didn't know who he was. Claudius smiled at the thought; thinking of Io as coy, of all things, was rather amusing. Io was always one who made herself heard and known, and so, Claudius couldn't think of her as anything but.[/html]
She always sounded so different when she spoke her native tongue. Claudius smiled, knowing that he did not understand any of it, but content that Io used the language. He didn't mind either way, and if his French had been good enough, he would have liked to tease her in a language she didn't speak.
"Io," he said, proud of himself for not stuttering. "I buh-buh-brought... yuh... you... suh-some... thing," he said. Then, frowned: "duh-did I wuh-wake yuh-you?" [html]
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