[voice]

[unetrustworthy]

I was wondering...how many other people here can speak other languages?

[But then, she paused and there was a slight jostling of the camera as she shook her head.  Sorting out her thoughts.]

No,  not speak.  That doesn't really help any, with everything always being translated for us.  More like...read.  I was wondering...what languages everyone here can read?  Since written words have never been translated.  Not since I've been here.

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[justno]

Weird. [A pause.] Wait, she seriously does magic by talking backwards?

[unetrustworthy]

[She shrugged. A little awkward talking about a subject she knew little about. And trusted even less.]

You'd have to ask her.

[justno]

I will, thanks.

You got a reason for asking about languages?

[unetrustworthy]

I'm curious.

[It was her main reason for a lot of things she did or asked.]

Since I've been here...I'm not much of a fighter. And I don't have any special powers. But I've been good at listening and learning. I thought...maybe if I learn more languages, I could be more help there. Since written words aren't translated for us.

[justno]

You have magic in your world?

[unetrustworthy]

[An audible shake of her head followed. Definitely not.]

No.

I didn't even believe it existed for a long time after I first came here. I thought...I mean, I was just a kid then--[She said, as if she weren't still a kid.]--but I thought that people were trying to trick me. Or that the word magic must have meant something different to them.

[justno]

What changed your mind?

[unetrustworthy]

I guess...there were too many things happening that couldn't be explained by anything but magic.

After a while, it seemed dumb to keep denying something that was happening right in front of me.

[justno]

That puts you ahead of most people.

[unetrustworthy]

I had a couple years' head start.