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cryptid-called-ash · 1 year

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gremlins wake up, new shield dad lore just dropped!

After the ‘incident’* naofumi goes almost totally nonverbal, using a form of sign language with raph as a translator.

Here’s the really fun part, instead of using sign language with the other heroes, he figures out he can essentially give them dialogue windows bc of the cardinal weapons. The other speak to him, and are give his response via the text window.

An example dialogue exchange from just before a wave.

The heroes have expressed a desire to take out the boss, rather than evacuate a nearby village. Raphtalia objects to this, and a member of Itsuki’s party states that it’s the duty of the ‘real’ heroes to slay the monster. Naofumi opens a dialogue window and the exchange is as follows:

< Is that it? You’re just going to walk away? You’re joking, right? You aren’t seriously going to leave those people to die, are you?>

(1) -> What? What the hell are you talking about?

(2) -> Of course I’m not going to just walk away!

(3) -> That’s rich, coming from you.

(1a) < Charging off alone to fight some big monster is going to save lives. sure it may be good in the moment but in the long run, there will only be more death. Not to mention it risks your own life needlessly.>

(2a) < Well that’s a relief to hear you have some common sense, here I was thinking I was the only one. I got a plan, you with us?>

(3a) < Fine, go. Chase your glory, but don’t expect any help from me. Go on. I’m not going to stop you.>

*see ‘in the span of six hours’ in the shield hero collection on my ao3 page

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cryptid-called-ash · 1 year

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Building on the new addition.

Ren gets used to seeing the dialogue windows when he is brought into the family. It’s after the first wave he fights beside the shield family that, when Naofumi sees the young swordsman after the battle he, in a voice gravelly and raspy from disuse, says “You did good, kid.” Ren cries.

Skaan is fully capable of speech, it’s an act, a reprieve. Nao feels comfortable enough to speak as skaan. It’s a mask, and that’s protection.

Naofumi will talk to his kids, and to Erhard. However this is only when is sure they are alone.

( disclaimer! This is 100% based on my own experiences with periods of being low verbal ability to totally nonverbal. This is in no way an encompassing of how all people experience being low verbal/nonverbal. )

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