I have a crush on demon cam not the kind where you kiss them the kind where you torture them
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SIX IS AN INSANE NUMBER

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"There were tens of millions of us. Occasionally someone would end up in a bad situation and make a bad decision - usually intoxicated -"

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INSANE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION

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"Ah. Humans have a high crime rate but we assume it's because they all die so young - they mostly commit crimes in their twenties. Elves are this high, at that age." He gestures around his waist.

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YEAH BUT STILL

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"I realize it seems more implausible when approximately all you've seen us do is crimes."

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IT SURE DOESNT HELP

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"It's in the books, if you want more detail."

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I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THEM

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"And it sounds like it'd be valuable for you to learn our language, if you're interested."

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ID LOVE TO AND I HAVE LEARNED LANGUAGES THE LONG WAY A FEW TIMES BUT WILL BE VERY BADLY INHIBITED BY NOT BEING ABLE TO WRITE NOTES

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"That makes sense." Sigh. "I'm happy to set it up if it's still worth the time."

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SET WHAT UP

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"Language lessons. Inconveniently most of our history is in Quenya and the language widely spoken today is Thindarin."

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INCONVENIENT

I AM WILLING TO TRY TO PICK UP THE BASICS OF WHICHEVER AND IF THEY ARE RELATED MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEARN THEM OKAY IN PARALLEL

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"They are related! But a bit distantly."

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HOW DISTANTLY

FOR REFERENCE HERE IS THIS SENTENCE I AM PRODUCING NOW RENDERED WITHOUT ACCENT MARKS IN SPANISH FRENCH TWO DIALECTS OF PORTUGUESE AND ITALIAN AND LATIN AND GERMAN IN THAT ORDER

(he repeats that sentence in Spanish, French, two dialects of Portuguese, Italian, and Latin and German, in that order)

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"My linguist says maybe Spanish and Italian."

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COOL THATS REALLY CLOSE I CAN PROBABLY DO THOSE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH A GOOD ENOUGH TEACHER

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THANKS

BE CAREFUL HOW YOU PRESENT THIS TO JIM

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"I wasn't planning to mention we'd talked, beyond that you spelled out your name."

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I MEAN SHELL WONDER WHERE I AM IF IM OFF GETTING LANGUAGE LESSONS WHILE SHES AWAKE

BUT I GUESS YOU COULD PLAN TO NEVER HAVE ME EVEN READING ANYTHING IN YOUR LANGUAGES EXCEPT AT NIGHT

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"Why don't I try to feel out today how much she will expect language lessons to compromise our judgment."

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SURE

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