[ There's a lot he says that Mary doesn't quite grasp, talks of knots (but she thinks of embroidery, of tugging too hard on the needle to yank a knot free and breaking the thread) and songs. It's only because he himself looks so apologetic that she doesn't just run off and put this whole thing behind her.
... After all, he's the first person to take a single look at her and know that she wasn't like the many humans here, even if she lacked the more obvious traits of the non-humans, animal ears included.
Tentatively, she shifts in place, the words escaping before she can truly think them through. Because if he can hear difference-- ]
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... After all, he's the first person to take a single look at her and know that she wasn't like the many humans here, even if she lacked the more obvious traits of the non-humans, animal ears included.
Tentatively, she shifts in place, the words escaping before she can truly think them through. Because if he can hear difference-- ]
Does it sound like a monster?