AHHHHHH! PAIKO!!! I didn't know he was illiterate. Is it because he never got the chance to learn, language changed on him, or he's just not interested in learning?
He picked up verbal language at the lab easily (look at those big ears, perfect for eavesdropping and listening >w< - technically he only knows how to speak one language, but I think his mother tongue is some older one that he's forgotten by now.
The lab writes their notes in a different coded script, so they didn't think it useful to make him learn. But he wants to be able to read, and Telerand is supposed to teach him... he'll get it one day ^^
Ahhhh that's so cute! It would be so lovely if K80 taught him to read because K80 can only communicate through text box holograms when he's in his construct form, but I don't want to steal that bonding experience from Telerand lol
That would be a superb opportunity for Paiko to learn to read (or at least a big motivation for him)! Telerand is busy - though he won't admit it - and he wouldn't be opposed to people helping Paiko become literate.
Only he insists on teaching Paiko how to write, for the sake of avoiding bad lettering skills later XD
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The lab writes their notes in a different coded script, so they didn't think it useful to make him learn. But he wants to be able to read, and Telerand is supposed to teach him... he'll get it one day ^^
Only he insists on teaching Paiko how to write, for the sake of avoiding bad lettering skills later XD
Or is he like Tarzan... if you know what I mean?
(Oof. The chain is below, AAAAA)
He can wield a marker but it won't yield a coherent sentence in any language unless he's trying to copy someone's sentence ^^"
But his hearing might have been amplified due to the training he had.