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I know that some of you have expressed an interest in learning the native language around here. And I know that I've already offered to teach a fair number of you. General Cross - while helping us with other tasks - also knows the language though I'm not sure that he'd like me much for offering his lessons as well, so I'll keep it to just me. We'll need something to do in the winter months and lessons seemed like a good idea on keeping warm.

So far I know that I'm helping both Almas, Kiriko, and [Insert a name here that mun forgot because her memory is not like Lavi's.]. And I'm still helping Yorda with her English.

I'm going to go search around the school tomorrow and see if I can salvage what hasn't already been salvaged for writing materials and the like. If I don't find anything I'll be taking the chalkboard I put up on the bridge asking for aid down and use that. But the lessons will encompass speaking, reading, and writing of the language as well as learning their currency. We don't know when it might come in handy.

If you'd like to sign up, feel free to say so. We'll probably be meeting after noon to make the most of the light outside until winter.

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Alma Karma (bitty)
Alma Karma (blue owl)
Kiriko "Doc"
Okumura Yuiko
Allen Walker
John
Estelle
Sasuke
Ruca
Naoto

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He learns best by doing. 'Doing' in the most active sense.

Not sure how I could work that into the language itself but currency might be easier to do.

Maybe. I'll have to see if I can convince him to try.

Not much I can give in the way of ideas on that, you know your brother but the rest of us don't except what he's shown us so far. I like him well enough.

I'm glad to hear that.

You too, I mean. Everyone really. Mostly everyone's been nice and well liked that's come here since I have.

It's good that everyone seems to be able to get along. Things would be so much harder otherwise.

Edited 2011-10-06 03:53 (UTC)

Except for some misfires before you guys arrived, I think we've got a pretty good group here. We can accomplish a lot.

I certainly hope so.

We'll see how we do come winter, yeah?

Have you experienced the winter months here?

No, but from what I recall of my lessons of Russia they tend to come early, be brutally cold, and linger into spring.

Do you know how the people here made it through last winter?

Allen and some of the others have, I arrived in the spring.

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