[ He's like nothing El has ever seen. At least, El doesn't think that she's ever seen a creature like this one, because she can't remember much from before the hospital. There might have been other monsters. There may have even been monsters that tried to hurt her friends, bad, strange things.
Friends? What friends? That's probably not right.
The creature kneels, which is good, because that means that El can get an even better look at him. Then he speaks, and the way he speaks is so strange. His mouth moves differently, and El works her own jaw, trying to imitate.
Her brow furrows at the term "cash." El hasn't heard that before, not that she can remember.
But that doesn't matter. Now that he's kneeled down, El gets a good look at the creature's face. Of course, the only way to fully understand something is by touching it.
So El reaches out one tiny palm and presses it up against his nose and mandibles. She's examining. It's all perfectly normal. ]
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Friends? What friends? That's probably not right.
The creature kneels, which is good, because that means that El can get an even better look at him. Then he speaks, and the way he speaks is so strange. His mouth moves differently, and El works her own jaw, trying to imitate.
Her brow furrows at the term "cash." El hasn't heard that before, not that she can remember.
But that doesn't matter. Now that he's kneeled down, El gets a good look at the creature's face. Of course, the only way to fully understand something is by touching it.
So El reaches out one tiny palm and presses it up against his nose and mandibles. She's examining. It's all perfectly normal. ]