[ If Gen had been beside him, he'd have shared a look with him, but as it was they were apart but Gen would likely recognize the way he shifted his gaze slightly that it was meant for him. ]
You're talking about inventing a common language based on sounds or gestures, or some combination of both. It's doable of course, if you're organized, and you standardize it. You might want a combination of both in case some people can't see or can't hear.
[ He doesn't know of any offhand but it would be an oversight not to include it. ]
You could probably cut it down to something like fifty concepts in total, and if you got everyone on board to learn it, it could really take off in a pinch.
You'd want ways to ask what the situation is, and ways to answer it, as a baseline, ways to call for help, that sort of thing. You're basically looking at converting something like a shorthand, but turning it into its own expressive language.
Even if we know morse code. [ He will tap again now, quick and insistant enough. R C U G STATUS a message he might've used on the fly. ] If we don't want you to understand us, you wouldn't. We have our own shorthand.
[ He grins slowly though, and it's a grin for Gen. ] Of course, we can probably mix and match any of our codes if we really put some thought into it. [ That requires a certain level of fluency ]
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You're talking about inventing a common language based on sounds or gestures, or some combination of both. It's doable of course, if you're organized, and you standardize it. You might want a combination of both in case some people can't see or can't hear.
[ He doesn't know of any offhand but it would be an oversight not to include it. ]
You could probably cut it down to something like fifty concepts in total, and if you got everyone on board to learn it, it could really take off in a pinch.
You'd want ways to ask what the situation is, and ways to answer it, as a baseline, ways to call for help, that sort of thing. You're basically looking at converting something like a shorthand, but turning it into its own expressive language.
Even if we know morse code. [ He will tap again now, quick and insistant enough. R C U G STATUS a message he might've used on the fly. ] If we don't want you to understand us, you wouldn't. We have our own shorthand.
[ He grins slowly though, and it's a grin for Gen. ] Of course, we can probably mix and match any of our codes if we really put some thought into it. [ That requires a certain level of fluency ]