03-14-2009, 09:52 AM
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[/html]Barthélémy paused for a moment, trying to figure out what to say next. The girl said something, too quickly for Bart to understand what she'd said. He frowned, trying to figure out what she'd said, but it was no use. "Ouai?" he tried after a moment, unsure of what he was replying to to. No, it didn't matter. He had to take this into his own hands -- paws. Human expressions didn't really work for luperci, did they?
She said something again, and this time, Bart was certain it had been in English. "Uhmm, uhmmm, kay," he said at last, stretching out the vowels and pausing on the consonants. Whenever he became nervous, his Northern accent became even more obvious even though he tried to hide it as best he could. He always thought people would make fun of him for how he talked, since not only did he pronounce things slightly different in French, he could not even speak English. He had no doubt that there would be someone -- one day -- that would think he was stupid. Probably Honoré - his brother always did say he spoke funny.
"Okay, we go now, go to scary place, but you come too because Barthélémy is scared, very scared, so you have to be brave, very brave, okay? Okay. You are nice, you come with, see lighthouse, see scary. But then you know! Knowing is good, yes?" Barthélémy began to set off in the direction of the lighthouse, checking back over his shoulder every so often to make sure Allegro was following behind. Allegro Aston, like him, but who? Barthélémy did not know. Maybe later. He was busy. Busy, busy, and very scared. Too scared to think of who Alle-grow was, that was right.