Zhi grew up on the streets, so she didn't know how to read or write. She could recognize some letters, though. It wasn't until her con with Lolotaru that she started to learn to read (she begged him to take her on as an arcanist apprentice so she could get close enough to him to steal something, and part of that was learning to read and write). However, she still doesn't quite have all the letters and even when she can recognize them, she doesn't know a lot of words.
I've had a lot of fun with her being illiterate. She'd receive written messages in game, but because she can be a butt and such, most of the time she wouldn't find anyone to read them to her and would just throw them away. It was fun for me to read the messages and be like 'zhi, you are such a dork' and have her be totally unaware of what was going on -- even when she really should have been considering her status as a runner! Teenage pride and all of that, thinking you're hot stuff and don't need no stinking literacy.
I've had a lot of fun with her being illiterate. She'd receive written messages in game, but because she can be a butt and such, most of the time she wouldn't find anyone to read them to her and would just throw them away. It was fun for me to read the messages and be like 'zhi, you are such a dork' and have her be totally unaware of what was going on -- even when she really should have been considering her status as a runner! Teenage pride and all of that, thinking you're hot stuff and don't need no stinking literacy.
