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[prodigalhairess]

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sorry if this is a weird question

but does anyone here know how to use sign language? And maybe be able to teach me?

I was one of the people who got... kidnapped. And they did something weird to my voice. I can't really talk all that well and I don't want it to hurt other peoples' ears so I thought maybe something like that will be better until this can get fixed somehow???

Oh, but I'll also have a book to write in so it's not a hassle for anyone else!!

Sorry, I hope this isn't too much to ask!

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@PARKOUR

[webdesigned]

i only know the basics, like, yes no hello and goodbye. what's up. that one really stuck with me

but the library has a few things on asl?? i've haunted the nonfiction section a few months now. i can grab some for you.

you, uh... this question feels totally pointless, but are you okay? after ... everything.

[prodigalhairess]

that's always a good place to start!
those are usually the first things i look up when i'm trying to learn a new language

I'm
okay
i wasn't hurt as badly as some of the others, so... I don't think i can really complain, y'know?
i'd rather worry about everyone else

[webdesigned]

they're definitely pretty universal but they won't get you super far conversation wise...
i can see what i can scrounge up. i'm at the library pretty much every day anyway

( oh. okay. why does that make him uncomfortable? )

i get that. i really do.
but what happened to you is important too. and you can help others better if you take care of you.

[prodigalhairess]

[Why worry about yourself when you can worry about others, right???]

i guess
it just feels kind of selfish
but if it means other people won't worry...

it just feels
i dunno
weird
all that's wrong now is that my voice is all fake
i didn't have my bones messed with or anything like that
the people who were really hurt deserve more attention

[webdesigned]

it's not selfish. just because somebody else has it worse, doesn't mean what happened to you is inconsequential
what happened to you is terrible. what happened to all of you is terrible. and it's okay to let yourself feel that

but i get trying to focus on everyone else and put your own problems on the back burner. i... really really do.

if taking care of you is kinda hard, maybe i can help? i'm dying for a way to help like, literally in any way right about now, so, you'd be helping me as much as yourself, just saying.