Hand grows back. It is very weird to watch. Scars fade away. She is trembling slightly. 

Annie holds her hand quite still so that it can be poked again the music allergy does not need to be a persistent feature of Rirosseth's life (oh no oh no oh no shaky unhappy Rirosseth nooooo).

"Thank you. That was a good idea." Fascinated flexing of the returned hand. "It doesn't hurt you or anything, does it?"

"No? It doesn't feel like anything."

"Then what's wrong?"

"I'm fine."

"I see. You know, I used to -" she shakes her head. "Never mind."

- used to what? But Annie has been told to never mind so she doesn't ask.

And she gives her sister something that less three inches of air would be a hug, and then goes off to try to coax the children into the library.

Annie goes and writes things (they are in Noregrsk) and reads things and works out a way to sort of draw by using letters.

The kids are persuadable into the library. She reads to them.

Do they want sign language lessons, later?

They do! Can Annie provide?

She can!

The girls are attentive and more cheerful and only occasionally shoot wary glances at Rirosseth.

...well, this isn't really unreasonable of them but Annie hasn't the slightest idea how to address it so. Just sign language. It turns out she can see people in brief flashes, when they make signs - their hands and any parts of the body they also move or touch to complete the sign.

Then she will see flashes of two kids and Rirosseth as they learn to sign a wider variety of useful things.

...it's really hard not to look at Rirosseth in the moments she can see her.

And it's much easier to read Annie when she's paying normal visual attention to her.

Well Annie is trying very hard not to be obvious BUT IT IS SO HARD. ...here look she butchered the Noregrsk alphabet into tengwar correspondences we can spell things now.

The children haven't been taught how to read yet. She realizes it would be racist to mutter under her breath about the Thindar and their appalling priorities so she doesn't. But the girls need to learn to read, reading is delightful.

Reading is very important yep.

At some point she stops signing. Lírnith? Want to come take over for me?

Sure, why -

Just please come. 

She is trembling violently.