#ooc

which is lovely and melancholy and Salma would like it

Oh dear. I'm getting the feeling Ash apparently missed something crucial?

I think I've been hinting at it

Every child this age knows how to read perfectly well. Easy to take for granted!

Ah, so I've missed something crucial. Damn.

I could see it easy to overlook.

It HAS been busy lately

I worry maybe I didn't hint enough

It is a golf ball internet kind of day.....

Just... while we haven't been playing it much, Dame Ash has been teaching the kids more than just on lesson. I feel like maybe a few perception rolls should have been allowed to the character but because I misssed it, then she didn't get a chance.

Please bear with me.

sorry! 😕

arguably, it has only been about a month, and things have been chaotic

Well, what did she do when Ash asked her to read a part from a book? that kind of thing?

She can read

Slowly.

Okay. So fair to say Ash suspects Ellie is behind or may need aid in one area or another?

yup, absolutely fair

And she's charming and clever and she dodges

like she's trying to do now

Clearly, Ariel, being tied to the DeBukes, is plotting against Ellie

If you haven't seen this book, it is delightful and Ellie would love it. And it's ALSO short and easy to read.

The first few pages ❤️

oooo

I do love me some neil gaiman

I also see some words Ellie will struggle with

I think during her fosterage, she might have gotten away with picture books, because she wasn't with peers

But now Ariel and Salma are reading chapter books...

Why would a princess need to read? She has PEOPLE to do that for her. But if it is what she wants, then a princess should also get what she wants...

Ellie loves stories.

And can remember a poem told to her.

And learn a history by ear.

Salma is a tricksy pooka.

She is!

But Ellie wants to make her friend happy!

And she doesn't want to say she can't do it.

She might eventually admit it. Dang pooka are too easy to talk to.

they are!

Their most feared power

In her defense - she's a 7 year old that knows swordplay, fae history, extensive rules of court etiquette, and no small measure of magic...

And may have seen your DEATH!

Does Ellie have dyslexia? Or has she just been slow to learn, possibly because other things were more interesting or important?

I've been wavering on that, tbh

there's a thing in Percy Jackson where a lot of them are dyslexic, because they're not entirely of the mortal world...

Mortal printing is strange and mysterious to fae eyes!

Olgar or Holger? 🙂

Holger, but misspelled and she dropped th H

L Works

who is this Nancy? 😄