From: v124jw4y@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Benjamin R Pierce) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Re: Crash!! Bang!! (New Character) Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 93 20:55:00 GMT References: In article , smurphy@unix1.tcd.ie (Mithrandir(S)) writes... > > > "My name is Saoirse. I am deaf. Can you read sign language?" > > Littlefair looked up from the paper, understanding everything all >once. > "No ", he said "you can lipread?" > He said this slowly. > Saoirse looked up and nodded to him once. > She took the paper back off him and wrote something else. > "Do you know anybody who does know sign?" > Littlefair read it, and turned to the general audience. > > "Ok, settle down. Can any of you louts do sign language?" Arcadio, once again in the one fairly well lit corner of the Inn, nodded and walked over. Sticking his frog puppet back in his sack, he put his wine down on the table and began to twist his fingers in a series of dextrous convolutions, which Saoirse read as *I can. I had a ...friend once who was deaf. Besides, it always helps to know as many languages as you can when you're an entertainer*