Sun Mote Copse Hades gonna hate.

He asked the question quite crassly, though it wasn't entirely unexpected, as she'd taken notice of his fixation on her moving limbs. Most wolves never said anything, inexplicably. Some did ask, usually compelled by confusion or curiosity. She supposed Reyes fell in the former camp, hence the bluntness, though Towhee didn't hold it against him. She appreciated any form of acknowledgement when it came to the sign language.

-"No, I'm not diseased,"- she replied with a scoffing sound and a leer. -"I'm deaf and it's a sign language. I use it most of the time. Habit,"- she explained. -"I can lipread pretty well, hence how we're communicating."- Towhee paused and added a silent but emphatic, -Ya asshat.-