Guy took his half, smiling. It did have the same meaning for him, not just in the individual gesture but because of it unconsciously echoing culture from home. Sharing was caring, after all.
He gnawed on his half and his smile faded.
"It was one of the monsters. They made it look like her but like something bad had happened, so bad that she wouldn't talk. She followed me around." He shook his head. "That might have fooled some people but she didn't look right, smell right, move right. I've got a better eye - and nose - for those things than some people - movement's part of how we talk back home and I think my sense of smell's better than some of the people here."
Hence Guy using so much in terms of physical gestures when he communicated and sniffing in uncertain situations.
"If Eep had really been there and been too sad or hurt to talk, she would've looked, smelled, and especially moved differently. So I pretended to sleep and when it thought I was out, I was ready for it when it attacked me."
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He gnawed on his half and his smile faded.
"It was one of the monsters. They made it look like her but like something bad had happened, so bad that she wouldn't talk. She followed me around." He shook his head. "That might have fooled some people but she didn't look right, smell right, move right. I've got a better eye - and nose - for those things than some people - movement's part of how we talk back home and I think my sense of smell's better than some of the people here."
Hence Guy using so much in terms of physical gestures when he communicated and sniffing in uncertain situations.
"If Eep had really been there and been too sad or hurt to talk, she would've looked, smelled, and especially moved differently. So I pretended to sleep and when it thought I was out, I was ready for it when it attacked me."