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[ Regan is using her device today to introduce herself to the town at large and she looks a lot better than she did before. For starters, her clothing is new and her hair is tied back in two semi messy French braids. And she’s in a bedroom that’s starting to show signs of a young girl living in it. To her left on the desk she’s propped her device on, a white board and colorful erasable markers. To the right? A pile of cochlear devices. She picks up the whiteboard and scribbles out a message for all to read. ]

Hi! My name is Regan. I’ve only been in town for a couple weeks and I have a question.

[ Erasing that message, she writes a newer and slightly longer second one. ]

I was born deaf, so I use American Sign Language to communicate. Back home, I had a lot of people in my life who understood it and could communicate back. But here? I don’t have as many. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in learning so that I had more people I could talk to?

[ Its really not a bad idea, honestly. She gives people time to read that one and then writes again. ]

I also need a job. I have no idea what I could do or anything done I haven’t had a job before. So if anyone has anything a deaf thirteen year old might enjoy, please let me know. Thanks.

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I can believe that. My mom still made life and our home beautiful, even if we couldn't make sounds back home. She made game pieces out of yarn to replace the plastic, wood, and metal ones.

But I'm nowhere near as gifted as her.

I can teach you, sure. I may take on small tutoring jobs since I might have found one helping my friend Rose and The Doctor.

I'm counting on you!

Nah, that's the point. We have Matt in there sometimes too, and he's blind. One sense isn't enough for everything, and you're probably pretty tuned into vibrations, right? Or is that the problem? But we've had people with completely different senses too, not just vampires, but like demons, and skeletons, and fishmen, or ghosts! So I want to make it versatile but not... damaging. Which I kind of did. A bit. At first. That's why we had to suggest vampires not do it anymore. I went a little overboard. I'm bad like that.

You definitely can! I run Torchwood alongside Jack, but I also work as Teacher's Assistant for the Doctor, Professor, and Trunks helps us a lot, but he also works for Capsule Corp which is his Mum's company. And Matt has another client than just us, I think. Although I put him through a LOT! [Laughs!] He's a lawyer, so between patents, and making sure everything is on the up and up, and doing civil rights stuff, we keep him busy.

Matt is a blind lawyer?

[ She believes it. This is just fact-checking. ]

I think that text-to-speech thing would help me out in talking to him.

[ Essentially, she wants to meet him. ]

If it's okay with you and everyone else, I'd like to take the job.

Yup! And possibly a ninja. Even with your cochlear in, you wouldn't hear him coming. We also have um, Cheshire who is a teleporting cat -- he's the Haunted House tour guide! [Troll guide.] And Koishi is our youkai tester for meats and stuff. They're all really good at being accidentally sneaky!

And no worries! You're hired! Jack does security, I do hirings. And since you can basically be my assistant on top of testing things, you'll only have me as your boss, okay?

But if the Doctor says to do something, it's for your own safety usually. Or at least someone else's. So if he says to duck or hold things, it's best to do it, and then figure out what he's up to. And it's more fun that way.

[ There's some excited grinning and wiggling and dancing from Regan, the girl demonstrating the sign for applause before texting Rose to let her know what she just signed. ]

I'll listen. I'm good at that. Thank you so much! How much does this job pay, so I know what to tell my guardian when we talk about this later?

[As Rose explains, she'd love to pay more, but for now, it'll probably only be 2 stars until Regan has more experience -- but if she supplements it with ASL, she should be golden.]

Not as old either. In time, who knows? Flora may be just your thing. Worth trying, isn't it?

Though that will do just as well. I've a few other lessons, but plenty of time to fit in yours. Let me know what days off Rose and The Doctor give you.

Hello. My name is Neito Monoma, and I would be willing to learn. I tend to learn things quickly.

[His powers involve copying the abilities of others for a short time, after all. He has to learn how to control them.]

Of course. If you would like to sit in on classes, even just to see if it's right for you, you'd be more than welcome to sit in on mine.

Maybe. I can try it at home and see how it works there.

Okay! I will. I'm looking forward to having more people I can talk to.

[ This might be good practice for him, then.]

Hello, Neito! Thank you for replying. I'm glad you want to learn. I'm looking forward to teaching you.

I'm pretty surprised how many people want to learn, honestly.

[ Taking that into consideration takes a moment or two for one Regan Abbott. She did like her wizard friend, and the idea of being in a classroom really intrigued her. So her reply is short, but no less important. ]

Okay. Some day. We can talk about when after I get my schedule from Rose.

That sounds excellent, then. What schedule are you receiving?

Hi Regan. I'm Eli.

[ He wishes he could write for her but writing is as much of a problem as reading. So he does his best between texting and speaking. ]

I don't know how to sign but I'd love to learn.

[ He thinks it might help, since reading faces and bodies is easier for him than words. ]

You might be able to teach a small ASL class at the Red House. It's a home for kids. And we have the space for it.

There are quite a lot of friendly and helpful people here. Some people who didn't offer to learn sign language would still have conversations with you over the network and answer questions you might have.

[ Neo watches the girl place in her cochlear device before she nods and does so again, before adding more.

"How's that work?" There's a nudge of her head to the hearing device. ]

Cat cafe, maybe? Or the library?

We should look around and see if we can find an arcade. That'd be a fun job.

7,106. Not including coding.

[ A nice round normal number to provide there. ]

I think that's very smart.

[ A look of bafflement, and then disbelief. \

That's a big number.

I was told that since my inner ear didn't form properly, the device implanted in my head works with the visible one and acts as a replacement for my deformed inner ear. That's not entirely the best way to explain it, especially when people assume it works entirely and I have all hearing. It's still limited, but now it's easier to be careful and mindful in crowded areas.

Guess what? I'm going to help test food and a haunted house. That's my job. We can visit the cat cafe for fun.

What's an arcade?

Still working that out, but I'll let you know soon as I have it.

I'm learning that. It's nice having people just to talk to. Back home, it really was just myself, my brothers and my parents. We didn't see too many people other than our small group.

E-L-I. It's nice to meet you. I would love to teach you. I promise I'm a nice teacher and might make you do an ASL music video for homework. Have you seen those?

...You're right.

[ The average human being knows 2 languages, with most multilingual people in Europe averaging 3. Thinking it over, "being prepped for everything" is an excuse to be a show-off and have the bold claim that they can put that many in his head. Thanks CyberLife.

At least it wasn't totally useless. ]

The opportunity to use more than one of them hasn't arisen until just now.

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