[He may have asked more - would have asked more, he strives always to understand, to know, and she is someone he understands better than most, who seems to understand his hunger for knowledge - but she begins to hum. He isn't exactly startled by it, he knows enough from past floods and breaches and from his reading to know that music accompanies the movements, but he only realizes it's necessary once she begins.
And in turn, suddenly he understands the first part of what she said. Because she is not a musical person and because he has been studying the technicalities of it in order to learn from the ground up, he can tell that it's something from the heart; he can tell that there's using words to communicate and then there's speaking. Ben learned three languages before he was five years old, but the Blue Lady taught him to speak; he could recite information and data and answer questions asked of him accurately quite young. The words were only his own when he spoke as Ben, though.
Which adds a layer to his curiosity, because now it's not just about learning a dance that he's likely never to know the name of; now it's a piece of Vin, as well. She's showing him something he has not reciprocated, something vital only to her. Not that he wasn't before, but he pays better - keener but more careful - attention than before.]
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And in turn, suddenly he understands the first part of what she said. Because she is not a musical person and because he has been studying the technicalities of it in order to learn from the ground up, he can tell that it's something from the heart; he can tell that there's using words to communicate and then there's speaking. Ben learned three languages before he was five years old, but the Blue Lady taught him to speak; he could recite information and data and answer questions asked of him accurately quite young. The words were only his own when he spoke as Ben, though.
Which adds a layer to his curiosity, because now it's not just about learning a dance that he's likely never to know the name of; now it's a piece of Vin, as well. She's showing him something he has not reciprocated, something vital only to her. Not that he wasn't before, but he pays better - keener but more careful - attention than before.]
What can you tell me about it?