Styrm watched her write. He nodded as she painstakingly traced the S, seemingly committing it to memory. He nodded once more, and smiled, as she appended the T. As she quickly continued to E and R he cleared his throat to halt her advance.
"'At third'un there, E, 's not quite right."Â He turned more fully towards the girl and motioned for her to look at him.
"Watch me mouth, an' listen. Really listen. E goes like so: eeehh. Or ee here an' there. Me name, an' loads o' roegadyn words, use a longer sound." The edges of his mouth stretched back into a squinty exaggeration of a smile. "Eeeee," he droned. "'At's 'ow Y sounds." He flipped back to the last page of the alphabet. "Right 'ere, Y," he said, tapping lightly on the second to last letter.
"Jus' before the Z."
"'At third'un there, E, 's not quite right."Â He turned more fully towards the girl and motioned for her to look at him.
"Watch me mouth, an' listen. Really listen. E goes like so: eeehh. Or ee here an' there. Me name, an' loads o' roegadyn words, use a longer sound." The edges of his mouth stretched back into a squinty exaggeration of a smile. "Eeeee," he droned. "'At's 'ow Y sounds." He flipped back to the last page of the alphabet. "Right 'ere, Y," he said, tapping lightly on the second to last letter.
"Jus' before the Z."
