Starglow Basin asco

hello! bushtit signed, expression animated. hola! he signed again, pausing with a weighted expression soto cannot read.

he knows the two are synonyms, but to utter such a coarse language nearly curls his tongue. a part of him -- deeply intolerant of anything but his own culture -- rebelled at the idea.

hola. he repeats, voice accompanied by the clumsy signage of his paw. he searches bushtit's expectant face and sighs, guessing the boy had said his name back to him.

mi nombre es soto.

his patience for learning anything of the coarse tongue is limited - but for selfish reasons, soto hopes the boy will begin to pick up the small pieces of soto's language: it is then he might prove himself a true asset.