413: Saturday Evening

[vkandis_son]

413 was sparkling clean and it smelled incredibly fresh

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[saltandammo]

Dean wandered down the hall and stuck his head in the doorway. "Hey. Should I ask if you're feeling more human?"

[vkandis_son]

Karal laughed and rubbed his temple. "I am completely human. No hooves, no tail, see?" He held up his hands and wiggled his fingers. "I have hands again."

[saltandammo]

"All good things," Dean said coming in. "See this is the kind of thing that happens when you name your horse after your brother. Fate has a sense of humour."

[vkandis_son]

Karal's jaw dropped and he stared at Dean. "...I hadn't thought of that."

[saltandammo]

"See, this is why you need someone like me around," Dean said with a grin. "To point these things out."

[vkandis_son]

"Oh, is that why I have you around?" he teased, laughing under his breath. "You should sit and tell me how your Karsite is coming along."

[saltandammo]

"Not bad," Dean said in Karsite as he took the proffered seat. "Haven't had anyone really to practice the speaking with since someone was all horsified," -- the last word came out in English -- "but the reading's pretty much figured out."

[vkandis_son]

Karal looked very impressed. "Dean, that is excellent," he replied, speaking Karsite. "Your pronunciation is exactly right. If it wasn't for the accent, you could pass for a native speaker!"

[saltandammo]

Dean grinned a little. "It wasn't that hard," he continued in Karsite. "Guess the blue whammy of Altra's did its thing."

[vkandis_son]

It was so good to be able to talk in Karsite again. "It is an amazing spell. The Eastern Empire has magics none in the Alliance have ever heard of. Given how many countries it's absorbed, a spell to learn languages would be a necessity."

[saltandammo]

"They could probably use something like it at the United Nations too," Dean said. "Though they'd probably be pissed they couldn't pretend not to understand the other guy any more."

[vkandis_son]

"I have to admit, I have used the language confusion to buy time to think," he said, smiling as he rubbed his temple.

[saltandammo]

"You sneaky priest you," Dean teased. "So that book you gave me that was an overview of Vkandis and the Kin in English... that's okay to give to Sammy to read, right?"

[vkandis_son]

He blinked. "Of course. You can give it to anyone you like, Dean. There is nothing secret in it."

[saltandammo]

"Sammy thinks he might be interested, y'know, like I was," Dean explained. "But he wants to make sure it's okay with both you and me that he's interested." He rolled his eyes. "Apparently he thinks my sharing this with him is some sort of huge sacrifice on my part."

[vkandis_son]

Karal blinked again, having trouble processing that. "Truly? Sam is interested?"