[There's a brief pause, a hint of shock on her face... before Konoha smiles, bright.]
I could do that!
[Beaming with gratitude over the simple but extremely thoughtful offer of letting her explain her puzzle picture thought process to him so that they might communicate with them better, she doesn't show much hint at all of shame or embarrassment when answering his question, too buoyed to deflate so quickly. Just a bit of self-consciousness over the trouble it's causing others.]
No, I can't... It doesn't look anything like the way people write where I'm from... not that, you know, I knew how to read or write that either...
[Something she just would expect people to know based on either her race or her work, but she's at least learned that isn't the case, here, and she has to add a bit of context.]
The temple school in my village didn't take jinba... and I don't really need much beyond numbers at the lumber yard...
[She holds up a finger as if she's had an idea to soften the blow, helpfully supplying,]
I do know some useful words! And I can recognize those here! "Money", and "rice", and "tea" and "food" and "liquor"... and the four cardinal directions... oh, and "shrine"... "temple"... "village"...
[The sort of words you see every day on shop signs, directions on sign posts at crossroads, and common locations with stone markers. Those words. But beyond simple nouns, when it comes to adjectives, predicates, or verbs...........]
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I could do that!
[Beaming with gratitude over the simple but extremely thoughtful offer of letting her explain her puzzle picture thought process to him so that they might communicate with them better, she doesn't show much hint at all of shame or embarrassment when answering his question, too buoyed to deflate so quickly. Just a bit of self-consciousness over the trouble it's causing others.]
No, I can't... It doesn't look anything like the way people write where I'm from... not that, you know, I knew how to read or write that either...
[Something she just would expect people to know based on either her race or her work, but she's at least learned that isn't the case, here, and she has to add a bit of context.]
The temple school in my village didn't take jinba... and I don't really need much beyond numbers at the lumber yard...
[She holds up a finger as if she's had an idea to soften the blow, helpfully supplying,]
I do know some useful words! And I can recognize those here! "Money", and "rice", and "tea" and "food" and "liquor"... and the four cardinal directions... oh, and "shrine"... "temple"... "village"...
[The sort of words you see every day on shop signs, directions on sign posts at crossroads, and common locations with stone markers. Those words. But beyond simple nouns, when it comes to adjectives, predicates, or verbs...........]