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[You may be pleased to know, certain residents of Keelai, that Aya had no intentions of offering another long-winded highly detailed technical analysis of...whatever it is she's up to at the moment. In fact, her latest message is surprisingly simple:]

It has been brought to my attention that my choice of vocabulary and diction is considered...unnecessarily formal by some.

[To put it mildly.]

I have made several attempts to alter my speech patterns, but have realized that I still lack a more concise understanding of what precisely entails formal versus familiar speech. Therefore, I am seeking any an all information regarding more colloquial expressions or terms that may be used in everyday conversation, which I will do my best to learn and subsequently employ accordingly.

Thank you.

((PRIVATE TO: HAL JORDAN (2011) - 100% AYA ENCRYPTED))

[Her eyes narrow, however, when the following message is delivered. Anger was not quite an accurate assessment of her emotions at that particular moment...but annoyance wouldn't have been a stretch.]

You did not follow through with your agreement to meet with me last month, and have since done nothing to rectify this error.

I wish to know why.

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Fair enough.

[He would personally find the idea of somebody telling him to talk differently a little silly, but to each their own.]

So what have you learned so far? I hope nobody's teaching you some inappropriate language.

[Surprisingly, no.]

I have learned about the shortening of words and phrases and its association with a more casual tone of conversation.

In addition, I have thus far compiled a growing list of nonliteral expressions to use.

[That's honestly shocking. If she was anybody else, he may have toyed around with that.]

A growing list...hmmm....what's your favorite phrase so far? It can't hurt to get a little bit of practice in, right?

You are correct.

I suppose I have found the phrase get a life to be ironically amusing on multiple levels.

Get a life...that's a good one actually. I think more people need to be told something like that. You could also say got to hell and some that just...yeah. They won't be necessary.

...that one, I find less amusing.

Yeah it doesn't really seem like your style. It's not exactly the phrase you would use to keep friends or anything.

[Not that he cared about that until recently...so...]

What else? I'm even more curious now.

[Truthfully, there were only a handful at best--another idiom she was growing familiar with, although she did not understand how there were so many concepts that were meant to be measured by a single individual's hand--but there was one more that she decided to mention:]

I have heard the expression penny for your thoughts on multiple occasions, and am still curious as to why such a trivial currency is deemed acceptable for one's inner most musings. Particularly as it appears to be used when people are thinking about important, if not highly personal subjects.

[Idioms can get a little bewildering sometimes. Even Alvin can admit that it can be a real pain.]

Also a classic. My guess about the significance of that would...maybe be a way of saying that you don't really need much of an incentive to hear somebody out. A penny is really nothing compared to what might be bothering them, so you'll take even that. That's what I would think anyways.

But it was my impression the expression implies you are exchanging the penny for information. Not receiving the penny.

[Is she misunderstanding something here?]

I guess it's just a matter of interpretation. I'm probably the last person you would want to hear explain anything.

[A known liar is hardly a philosopher. Go figure.]

I'm kinda terrible at explaining.

That is fine.

The effort you have put in to help me is still greatly appreciated.

[He scratches the back of his head before smiling a little more genuinely.]

No problem. If you ever need my pearls of wisdom...oh hey! There's an idiom right there! Anybody taught you that one yet?

No. I do not think so.

I assume, based on context, it has something to do with information?

That's right. In this case though, I used it more like a sarcastic remark since I'm nowhere near the right person to give advice. In this case, pearls of advice are very important.

I see. Then I should seek out someone actually in possession of these metaphorical pearls.

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