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[wakingsavior]

woah.
uh, okay, i think i passed out and then woke up in the nurse's office or something.
and i have a hell of a headache.
what happened?

[sent to Dave's PDA]

lol, hey man.
why the hell were you singing to me in text?
you're a dumbass.
:)

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[knightime]

<<'Good thing I'm not saying anything.'>>

[Now Dave is just purposely being an ass.]

<<'Man, seriously? Why don't you ask Jade or Rose for help? I'm sure they wouldn't mind helping you learn how to talk more. It'd be rad, I think.'>>

[Although it makes him feel like he's trying to live vicariously through John in some way. He thinks John talking would still be pretty cool.]

[wakingsavior]

[ Jackass. You and John were made to be bros, clearly. ]

<<'I don't know, I just... don't like doing it a lot.'>> [ John ponders this a bit, frowning and looking awkward and trying to stop blushing. ] <<'Maybe kind of like with you and signing. Except I never really ever spoke with anyone but my speech therapist. Not even Dad, unless I had to.'>>

[ Though with the comparison to Dave's signing, he kind of feels like he should work with Jade or Rose to improve. And, though he doesn't realise it yet, it would let him communicate better with Rose, for the moment.

Maybe he should do it just to get Dave to smile like that. Even if he was laughing at John, it was a good smile. ]

[knightime]

<<'There's no reason to sign to people who don't understand it.'>>

[That's a lie though. Even with Shizune, he barely signs to her. And she was perfectly adapt at it. It was just too personal. And while he didn't mind teaching it or signing to Jade or John (there's no point signing to Rose since she's blind), it was hard to convince him to keep conversation that didn't resort to text with anyone else.]

<<'But whatever man. If you don't want to, you don't have to. It's not like I can make you or anything. Minding my own business.'>> [Dave just shrugs.] <<'I've already found out how I sound anyways. Met talking feathery asshole me. He's around now.'>>

[wakingsavior]

<<'Yeah, but you used to text with me a hell of a lot more even when we were sitting right across from each other. Like that. I gotta ease into it, probably.'>>

[ He smiles a little and shakes his head. ]

<<'It's no big, I don't care if you're nosy about it. It's just awkward. I'm pretty sure I sound retarded.

You, meanwhile, probably sound fucking badass. I'm declaring it now, because my opinion on this matter is totally valid.'>>

[knightime]

<<'It's not like I was used to anyone knowing how to sign. I just revert to text because it's universally known.'>>

[It didn't help that Dave keeps forgetting that Sis can technically sign and she was the one who even taught him in the first place.]

<<'You don't sound that bad. You just need practice. Practice makes perfect or whatever.

Damn right I sound badass. But it was kind of weird.'>>

[Hearing yourself when you never could before is seriously weird man.]

[wakingsavior]

<<'Probably works better when you can get feedback without having to have someone else there to tell you what you're doing wrong. Like, y'know, hearing it.'>>

[ John doesn't have a problem with being deaf, usually. But sometimes it really fucking sucks. ]

[knightime]

<<'You know what. Let's just drop the subject for now because this is all bullshit, really. You're fine as you are like how I'm still fucking badass being a mute Strider.'>>

[Even if he's self conscious about it more often than not.]