"There you are, Ariel.
Is everything ok?"
"Why wouldn't...…oh. Haa. Yeah, everything is fine. I got a new dress and everything. You like it?"
"....Does it have pockets?"
"How did you know that was the next thing I was going to say?"
"Lucky guess.
But….that's not why I was asking. Rachel was asking for you. What did she want?"
"Ohhhh….Rachel. She....."
"Are you being detained?"
"Darius, you are too young to wrap yourself up in other people's matters. Enjoy the moment, not the dream.
Now...…about those singing Butterflies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"...Right this way.
If you want, I can be your personal tour guide from here on out? First day of school, I know Ruby will want us all to stick together; but I want to show you all the places...off…..the map. That way, you won't get shocked when you see them for yourself."
"Darius, I have seen indoor Gardens before."
"Not like these."
"Hello."
"Hello."
"Hello."
"Ohhhh. Hi, little men.
You're so cute."
"So are you?"
"Hi Darius."
"Hi Leaf."
"You brought the Plant Nation to live here in the safety of the School?"
"Well, I mean...the Animals are...…it wasn't my idea. I was just…
*Ooof*
"Maybe I misjudged you for your age barrier. But that is just a number. You saw a need, saw a problem; and filled it.
Even with the animals declining, that just means more food for each of them, and not less.
You thought ahead."
"I did?
How did you….Did you see...…huuuuuhhhhh...…are you a Ruby, too?"
"No. I just...….on my way here I saw a few Scattered animals but not a lot like normal. Piecing together everything as it comes."
"Sure.
Still, it's a little hard to understand them; but they definitely understood the word 'safe.'
Wouldn't want to get them mixed up. It was a nightmare dealing with the Fruits and Vegetables."
"........Geia sou, to onoma mia einai Ariel. einai toso oraio nha sas gnoriso. elpizo nha sas aresei edo, kathos mia aresei nha sas blepo. den yparchei logos nha phobasae pia. imaste oli ein, kai auti oi anthropoi einai edo gia nha boethisos. boetheia. katalavaino oti menu ta fyta zontaneyoun kai oxi ta louloudia. imaste pragmatic edo gia nha doume merikes petaloudes nha tragoudoun, allow parakalo, mporeite nha mia uposhethed ein prague; frontiste autous these anthropous, kai all ta pedia pou erchontai sto dromo sas ..... gargaliste these mytes these!!
"Caachaa….caachaaaa...caaccch."
"What....what did you say? Why is that one laughing?"
"Did you make a joke about me?"
"No.
Just reassured them that you are here to protect them and not to harm, but if anything gets out of line; you show them what for, and tickle their noses.
Humans can't stand getting sick. Put their whole day on hold."
"Ariel, you're a human."
"Ohhh.
Uhhh.
...Mhn blaptete ta koritsia. Einai ta petala ths iliakis lampis."
"What'd you say this time?"
"Don't hurt the girls. Only the boys.
Girls are flowers. Boys are the rain that drenches them away."
"I see."
"Boo!!!"
"Aaaagh."
"Don't worry. He's not gonna hurt you."
"Could you...teach me some of that?"
"No."
"Bit rude you think?"
"Darius, you don't have to understand someone's language in order to talk to them. Just find what their balance is. Food, Music, body language, art...…you name it.
Words should be the last thing you use to say hi."