(IC) Lost in Dreams (Julian)

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Originally Posted by ericthered

The coins they use are quite a bit smaller than the ones you receive as pay.

So there are smaller denominations of money. I worry some more about being ripped off by the food vendors.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Its a combination of where they sleep, and where their "tall people"/ baby caretakers are. at least from the gestures. Its the same as the place where Brog hands off the money. looking around, there is a boiling pot behind the woman, a chair nearby it, and a small hole in the wall with light on the other side.

She is not a squeezer, but waves and smiles as the three boys leave. Julian is unsure what she thinks of him.

The boys stop by another woman, and Ump gives her his money. She also has a piercing look and a few questions, and she is content with a wave and a monosyllabic greeting.

Maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps these are their parents and they're just put to work young. How awful.

They're all probably judging me. "The weird kid who has no clothes and no language. Maybe dropped as a baby."

I try to shake off my negativity.

Originally Posted by ericthered

The boys head for a cleared out area in the vegetation, where some of the other boys are waiting. Light is provided by Brog's stone, plus Rails brings another one, and a few other boys are here too. They chat with each other, play the coin game, and one of them brought a small rag ball that is getting thrown around.

Is the ball tucked together, or stapled, or what?

I'll try to pick up more words while tossing the ball or coins, question words (who, when, where, how, why), names of things (clouds, water, food, clothes, home, coins, light), other verbs (do, can, work, get, have, make), and perhaps some pronouns (here, he, she, they, it). Then I'll ask a few questions depending on how my vocabulary:
"I have no home, what do I do?"
"Where can I get water/food/clothes?"
"How do you get small coins?"
"How does Vasic make light?"
"Why do clouds make light?"
"Where is here?"
"When is here?"
"How do you get when it is?" (or perhaps "How do you tell the time?" if I can manage it.)

Originally Posted by ericthered

I have not described every ethnicity/weird anatomy he's seen, just on notable people. But yes, the small winged people are from the first dream and from the marketplace. I tried to cover it all just now.

Am I wrong in thinking that the food and clothes vendors and other specific and undescribed people are regular humans?