Back with the trio, Andy and Melody were talking to Feliks(Or "Felix" as they pronounce his name) while Peter kept guard. Andy tried teaching Felix English, which was hard.
"Ok, so it's like this. 'Hel-lo.' Hel-lo..." Andy taught.
"H-hel... Hell...lo... Hello...?" The young merfolk tried to pronounce.
"There you go! You got it!" Melody cheered, as Felix seemed to pick up some words easily.
"um... yek Q-que-quest... ques-ton..." Felix tried to say.
"Almost... It's quest-ion... but are you trying to ask us a question...?" Andy said slowly, so Felix could understand.
"Erê..." Felix replied, nodding his head to indicate "Yes".
"Okay, what do you want to ask?" Melody was curious about what this new friend wanted to ask.
"Hûn... zanîn... ew Queen Spirit...?" He asked, unsure.
Melody and Andy were confused by what he was trying to say. They knew the name Queen Spirit with no question.
"Hey Peter," Melody started. "Do you know what he's asking?"
Peter thought for a bit. While he wasn't taught the Kurdish language, he did know bits and pieces. "Hmm... Hûn... zanîn..." He thought out loud. The others were surprised by the near-perfect pronunciation. "Well... if I'm not mistaken... "Ew" is "the"...?" He asked Felix.
"Erê Peter."
"And that means yes... so... Well I do know that "zanîn" is "know"," He tried to remember, "and "Hûn" is "You" so... "Hûn zanîn ew Queen Spirit" means "You know the Queen Spirit". Peter pieced together. "So he's asking if we know the Queen Spirit." He looks at Felix to ensure he is right to which he gets a nod of approval.
"Well, Felix... I guess you can say we do... a bit... But Peter actually knows her... We just know of her." Andy explained.
Felix looked at Peter, "Hûn zanîn ew Queen Spirit...?" he asked him.
Peter thought for a bit. He was going to say something but he knew something about Felix that the other's hadn't picked up on yet. "Ez... tiştekî nabêje..."
Felix just nods, understanding. Meanwhile, the other two were confused.
Peter noticed and explained, "He asked if I knew Mar- I mean the Queen Spirit. I simply said I wouldn't talk about it."
Melody and Andy understood what was going on and didn't question it
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The next day or so, Andy and Melody constantly tried to at least teach Felix what some words meant so he could at least understand them without having to entirely learn the words as the English tongue was quite different from Felix's Kurdish tongue. Nonetheless, Felix seemed to be a fast learner.
Peter just kept watch. He didn't rest and always had his guard up in case the guards came after them.
Felix noticed this. "Peter... t-ten-se...?" He tried to ask in English.
"Yes, Felix... He's looking out for us..." Andy explained.
"W-wh-why...?" He tried to ask.
Andy tried to think of how to explain it. "Well, Felix... People are after us... Partly because we know something they don't want us to know..." He gently explained it. Andy followed Peter's lead and did not mention anything about their issues with the Queen Spirit to Felix.
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The Forest's Secrets || Fairytale! AAF
Fantasy(The art is mine) Sometimes, what happens in the past affects the future. Over time, details are left out and legends become myths. Half-truths. We choose who we believe, but are we believing the right one?
