Assignment 6 // [In Person] Okay so this isn't so bad...

[silent-childvi.livejournal.com]

[Despite the weather, it hasn't stopped Ienzo from picking up a sea salt ice-cream from one of the stores. He was curious as to why it was in this of all places, but he didn't care. It was a taste of home. He's also been around picking up some new clothes, because even he got tired of his lab coat every once in a while. The t-shirt's far too big for him, coming just half way down his thigh, but only just a little visible underneath his also too big for him jumper and scarf. A bracelet of sorts just about visible underneath it. The shoes also looked new in comparison to his fairly well worn trainers.
He's sat in the hotel's lobby, tucked out of the way, surrounded by books, that really looked like they shouldn't have been read by someone his age, judging simply by the titles and font size. Someone had been at the local bookstore and bought quite a few for the collection he was building up.  Honestly he was relatively content, it was a nice reprieve of not having something dire going on, nothing trying to kill/eat/maim him. Admittedly he'd also picked up something for Ophelia when he saw her, but considering how large the town was he was pretty sure that it was just the off chance they hadn't bumped into one another.]

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[silent-childvi.livejournal.com]

[His first decree as a friend will be to educate the boy, so help him...
He nods and offers a weary sort of smile, the kind a sad adult would give a child when they try to cheer them up with the most inane things. The thought was still appreciated.]

[holy-pickle.livejournal.com]

[If you make Dende smile any more Ienzo his face will fall off.

Dende struggles to read the words, but when he does he looks up he's wearing the bigest smile his face could accomodate, acompanied by giggling]

I would like that so very much! I'm still learning the human language so I'm not good at it at all! I'm much better at Namekian!

[silent-childvi.livejournal.com]

[Ienzo gestures for the Namekian youth to sit in front of him and gives him a polite smile.]

[holy-pickle.livejournal.com]

[Dende plops down in front of Ienzo gleefully]

Oh! Right! Well I'm pretty good at sounding little words out, I just have trouble with the big ones... and I get words mixed up sometimes. I'm not very good at spelling either.

[silent-childvi.livejournal.com]

[Ienzo nods, so he had roughly the general idea a child his seeming age would have in human terms.]

[holy-pickle.livejournal.com]

[Dende ponders it for a moment]

I'm not sure! Elder Moori would give Cargo and I little lessons back in our village, but he worked mostly on making sure we could speak it rather than read and write it.

[Dende giggles]

So... whatever you want to teach me! You probably know best!

[silent-childvi.livejournal.com]

[Humming in thought he rummages through his bag, trying to remember if he had anything that Dende could even begin to hope reading.]

[holy-pickle.livejournal.com]

[ASKDJALKS WE GET TO PICK OUT BOOKS TOGETHER?! Best friend for life]

A bookstore?! Really!? That sounds like fun!