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[weifengyiyu]

Got some new faces on board, eh?

I'm Second Mate Meifeng, y'need somethin' let me know.

[Locked to Crew]

Mehrkesh an' his whores, it was a fuckin' circus down on the lower decks.  Never thought I'd be glad t'come an' face the cattle up here again.

[/Locked]

[She pauses for a moment, then clears her throat.  The smug, proud grin is obvious in

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[Audio // Al-Hebb]

[shenghuanzhe]

Shit, where'd you hear somethin' like that prayer?

[Audio // Al-Hebb]

[weifengyiyu]

[The grin is threatening to split her face. She is so proud of herself.]

Some piece a shit Naw'Ruzzian told me t'read it.

[shenghuanzhe]

[Kage just goes and knocks on her door. He's grinning wide enough that his face hurts a bit and he leans against the door.]

A Naw'Ruzzian?

[Kage speaks through her door, loud enough for her to hear.]

I think I beat the shit outta one'a those rats a while back.

[weifengyiyu]

[She laughs under her breath and unlocks the door.]

Y'sure? I hear 'im squeakin' around out there.

[Opening the door, Meifeng holds up the sheet of painstakingly scripted characters. Her handwriting's improved immensely since she last showed him, but it's still childish and clumsy.]

Y'couldn't choose somethin' easier?

[heavyweaponsbot]

Need something? Yes.

My cannons returned to me.

[weifengyiyu]

Ain't got no need for 'em now. Capn's keepin' 'em for you.

[heavyweaponsbot]

Why. How did he remove them?

[weifengyiyu]

You'll get 'em back when we port at th'Shore.

Capn's got a lotta tricks up his sleeve, naam? Safer f'him to keep a hold of everyone's weapons f'now.

[fred_cassidy]

[Fred recognizes al-Hebb, and gets that funny, itchy feeling in his brain that comes right before the cubes on the paper invert themselves, or the vase flips to being two faces--but this time the change never happens, and the language remains frustratingly familiar and alien at the same time.]

You're from the Beautiful World, too?

[You know what this means. Language buddies.]

[weifengyiyu]

[Eh? Meifeng checks the roster. Fred Cassidy. New passenger, definitely not from Al-Hebb.]

... naam. Ch'hah-pash al-hebbiyyah.

Y'been talkin' to th' First Mate?

[fred_cassidy]

["Al-Hebb" is "Beautiful World." Got it, thank you Meifeng.]

Naam. Your language is just close enough to one from my homeworld to be confusing.

[Arabic]

For example, you use the suffix "-iyyah" differently.

[weifengyiyu]

[Hn. She's not sure whether to be offended or flattered to hear a passenger attempting to speak Al-Hebb. Mostly she thinks it's cute.]

Huh, y'learn quick.

Accent's off, but y'ain't bad.