XI.

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy is currently in the lobby, smoking. He's headed outside for a walk, as he is wont to do, but he decides to open his journal first. Maybe preemptively sidestep some awkward language stuff before it happens.

Dictated in English!]So, how long do these things usually last, anyway? This isn't like the time we were all stuck in the ocean, so I

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english;

[ofmywill]

About a week.

english;

[hellshaped]

That's not too bad.

[ofmywill]

Depends on what you speak.

[hellshaped]

I guess it would get tiring if you couldn't understand anybody.

[ofmywill]

Probably.

--what was that last one?

[hellshaped]

What? Oh, it's Latin. I'm not that good at it.

[ofmywill]

So I see.

[hellshaped]

[Rude!] Well, it's a hard language.

[ofmywill]

Mm. I have trouble with English, too.

[ Hence the heavy accent and stilted pauses! Which we are imagining. With imagination. ]

[hellshaped]

[I am imagining it so hard you don't even know ...]

You're doing alright. I can understand you just fine.