- Joined
- May 25, 2011
Nethys frowned a little, her ears dropping about an inch or so and her head cocked in confusion as her Master pulled away from her. Had she done something wrong? All of the other pets in the castle cuddled up to their masters when they were feeling down, so what had she done wrong? Before she could ask what was the matter, though, her Master began bouncing ideas off of her and she was distracted from her present line of thought. Her ears perked up once more and she sat up, kneeling on her heels with her legs spread slightly as she began to talk.
"It's not really the words that I don't understand," she said. "Well, there are plenty of words I don't know, but I know what most of the little shapes sound like. The things I don't understand are the little squiggles and dots that don't have any sound that go between the other shapes. And I guess I have some trouble figuring out what the longer words sound like too, but I don't want to waste your time if we don't have time to waste, Master."
Nethys was interrupted by the sound of her growling stomach. She let out an embarrassed squeak, blushing bright red from her cheeks to the tips of her ears, and lowered her head, letting her hair obscure her face. It was always embarrassing when her stomach betrayed her like that. The Queen would always call her a glutton whenever her stomach growled and a punishment usually followed so, while Nethys liked eating, she always dreaded the sounds her stomach would make after she was given food. She couldn't help it, really: after she ate, she always wanted more food. If she could have stopped her stomach growling, she'd have silenced it long ago.
"It's not really the words that I don't understand," she said. "Well, there are plenty of words I don't know, but I know what most of the little shapes sound like. The things I don't understand are the little squiggles and dots that don't have any sound that go between the other shapes. And I guess I have some trouble figuring out what the longer words sound like too, but I don't want to waste your time if we don't have time to waste, Master."
Nethys was interrupted by the sound of her growling stomach. She let out an embarrassed squeak, blushing bright red from her cheeks to the tips of her ears, and lowered her head, letting her hair obscure her face. It was always embarrassing when her stomach betrayed her like that. The Queen would always call her a glutton whenever her stomach growled and a punishment usually followed so, while Nethys liked eating, she always dreaded the sounds her stomach would make after she was given food. She couldn't help it, really: after she ate, she always wanted more food. If she could have stopped her stomach growling, she'd have silenced it long ago.