[Some of it is faking, certainly, repeating what others have said - Dame Ariel most of all, who is forever the only one who knows how to do anything right. But Kesara is also used to adults less astute and educated than herself, and the trouble of talking to those. And anyway Dr. House is a fine fellow and she thinks, in her limited perspective, that he might have been a lot like her when he was younger.]
I mean to write! The letters are the same, you know. [He certainly knows, but he should know that she knows.]
Dr. Stein has taught me Mandarin, but Lao Dian speaks every dialect you care to name and he'll teach me those. But if you know how to write it - [her voice shivers with excitement] I'll do anything. I have to keep learning. I've given up on English, I just use my memory tricks, and if I talk about some future kind or program they'll just say I'm acting the child. But Chinese is my chance and I have to keep learning!
Find something to bring that's worth my time, and I'll teach you.
[He switches over to speaking Mandarin to test her:] I'm fluent - written and spoken. I don't work for free. Looking for pieces to make a microscope. Find anything I can use, we can meet up. If you can't find anything like that, bring something that'll interest me.
It's a deal! [She's speaking Mandarin back already, fast, excited - a little archaic and florid, which stands to reason. In fact what she says is more like "what a satisfying realisation of matching interests!"]
I have the video logs I've taken of my exploring on the other side of the ice tunnels. But I'll also look for - you're trying to build a - xian... wei... [she stutters and slows, putting the meaning together of the word she has never heard in this language before, and then brightens again all at once.] Oh! You mean a microscope!
I wanna get a look at our blood. Since the Admin decided we're not allowed to request our MN poisoning records anymore. Might be able to see if we've actually got microbots crawling around in there... or any other irregularities.
Looking for lenses like you'd find on a telescope or binoculars, also some some plywood, a plastic pipe or something else hollow, glass for slides, and something we can use as a base and adjuster like a photo enlarger. Just something that slides up and down. A poor man'll just take more plywood and some screws for that.
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I mean to write! The letters are the same, you know. [He certainly knows, but he should know that she knows.]
Dr. Stein has taught me Mandarin, but Lao Dian speaks every dialect you care to name and he'll teach me those. But if you know how to write it - [her voice shivers with excitement] I'll do anything. I have to keep learning. I've given up on English, I just use my memory tricks, and if I talk about some future kind or program they'll just say I'm acting the child. But Chinese is my chance and I have to keep learning!
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[He switches over to speaking Mandarin to test her:]
I'm fluent - written and spoken. I don't work for free. Looking for pieces to make a microscope. Find anything I can use, we can meet up. If you can't find anything like that, bring something that'll interest me.
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I have the video logs I've taken of my exploring on the other side of the ice tunnels. But I'll also look for - you're trying to build a - xian... wei... [she stutters and slows, putting the meaning together of the word she has never heard in this language before, and then brightens again all at once.] Oh! You mean a microscope!
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Looking for lenses like you'd find on a telescope or binoculars, also some some plywood, a plastic pipe or something else hollow, glass for slides, and something we can use as a base and adjuster like a photo enlarger. Just something that slides up and down. A poor man'll just take more plywood and some screws for that.