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Summary: Susan and Michael discover what their friends have been teaching their daughter. Mentally, I'm setting it a few years on in the Closet Idealism 'verse, but it stands alone. No spoilers for the show.
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bessemerprocess is entirely to blame for this. I accept no responsibility.
"Michael, listen to this." Susan held a sippy cup half-full of water in front of the child sitting between them at the table. "Sofie, what is this?"
"L'lom," the girl chirped.
Michael stared. "Narn? Our child speaks Narn?"
"Our child speaks Narn better than I do. When she asked for it this morning, I had to have the computer translate it before I could figure out what she wanted."
"Drek'i hi l'lom!" Sofie reached for the cup. Susan placed it in her hands, and she quickly brought it to her mouth, slurping contentedly.
Her father's eyebrows rose with surprise. "That's the command form for large groups of people--armies, and the like. What has G'Kar been teaching her?"
Susan looked at their toddler, who was wearing fuzzy, footed pajamas and whose dark hair was in pigtails. "Our daughter the general," she said, sounding both contemplative and a little bit proud.
"Or the linguist," Michael pointed out. "She'll retain the language better, learning it this early. I guess we should thank him."
Sofie, finished with the water, held the empty cup out. "Nusen'taal," she said.
Her parents stared at each other. "Apparently we should thank Delenn as well," Susan finally said.
Michael furrowed his brow. "I think it might be time I finally got around to learning Minbari."
* Translations:
L'lom = cup
Drek'i hi l'lom = I want the cup
Nusen'taal = Thank you
Summary: Susan and Michael discover what their friends have been teaching their daughter. Mentally, I'm setting it a few years on in the Closet Idealism 'verse, but it stands alone. No spoilers for the show.
Notes:
bessemerprocess is entirely to blame for this. I accept no responsibility."Michael, listen to this." Susan held a sippy cup half-full of water in front of the child sitting between them at the table. "Sofie, what is this?"
"L'lom," the girl chirped.
Michael stared. "Narn? Our child speaks Narn?"
"Our child speaks Narn better than I do. When she asked for it this morning, I had to have the computer translate it before I could figure out what she wanted."
"Drek'i hi l'lom!" Sofie reached for the cup. Susan placed it in her hands, and she quickly brought it to her mouth, slurping contentedly.
Her father's eyebrows rose with surprise. "That's the command form for large groups of people--armies, and the like. What has G'Kar been teaching her?"
Susan looked at their toddler, who was wearing fuzzy, footed pajamas and whose dark hair was in pigtails. "Our daughter the general," she said, sounding both contemplative and a little bit proud.
"Or the linguist," Michael pointed out. "She'll retain the language better, learning it this early. I guess we should thank him."
Sofie, finished with the water, held the empty cup out. "Nusen'taal," she said.
Her parents stared at each other. "Apparently we should thank Delenn as well," Susan finally said.
Michael furrowed his brow. "I think it might be time I finally got around to learning Minbari."
* Translations:
L'lom = cup
Drek'i hi l'lom = I want the cup
Nusen'taal = Thank you
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Date: 2009-07-14 04:26 am (UTC)*hangs head; wears sackcloth and ashes*
Uh, I haven't been reading your other behemoths, because there were so many spoilers that I got totally lost.
Dude, I know I'm all about the spoilers, but this is a show you should watch unspoiled if you can. The tension is ratcheted up to EPIC in seasons three and four. (Although there is one thing I was really, really glad I had been spoiled for, because not knowing would have utterly ruined a very good episode for me. Like, I would've had to speed to the end--actually, come to think of it, to the beginning of the next episode--to find out, it was that maddening.)
Of course, then you should come back and read the fic!
I will finish season two someday!
Which episode are you at?
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Date: 2009-07-14 04:42 am (UTC)"In the Shadown of Za' Ha' Dum." I got distracted by about five zillion different things...
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Date: 2009-07-14 05:25 am (UTC)(You must tell me what you think of "Divided Loyalties"! *sits on hands to avoid spoiling* Oh, and the Tolkien ripoffs start become even more blatant after that. It should amuse you. It amused me. :D)