[It's not yet been a full-blown hope within him. He's glad for that for even these little tugs feel overwhelmingly huge. She's mirroring him again, but this time, trying to speak. He watches with baited breath, not truly knowing what he'll do if she manages. What will mean for him and her and all of them if she pulls it off...?
The splash rouses him and he laughs sheepishly at himself. Focus on the now, Teo.]
Good job... Talking is...really hard... It took me... ages to... pull it off... even after... I was waking up...
[Of course, she doesn't have a whole in her face or tears at her throat, not to mention only turned recently. She may still got that muscle memory in there, somewhere. Nevertheless, it'll help to let her hear words more often, so she can make sense of them, the way he listened in on survivors.]
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The splash rouses him and he laughs sheepishly at himself. Focus on the now, Teo.]
Good job... Talking is...really hard... It took me... ages to... pull it off... even after... I was waking up...
[Of course, she doesn't have a whole in her face or tears at her throat, not to mention only turned recently. She may still got that muscle memory in there, somewhere. Nevertheless, it'll help to let her hear words more often, so she can make sense of them, the way he listened in on survivors.]