[AND WATCH... as his eyes narrow in growing confusion, and he cants his head to the side. he didn't used to do that (the canting part), but he's seen and heard so many strange things around here that he's picked it up as a necessary survival tool. the head-tilt of "what the hell are you talking about?". m e g a - man. did he actually mean "man" and not "person" or "human"? Zhas isn't sure.
and he's still chewing on what that could possibly spell (literally, "Mega-Man"? but that doesn't make any sense...) when he's asked some more questions. thankfully, these are ones he can answer--and he's gotten very used to having to break these things down for Nunnally, or compose new words for Coil that weren't previously in their vocabulary (like "alien" and "spaceship" and "scary scarred woman who hates us").
so he shakes his head at the first guess, nods at the second. he signs, 'My short name is'... makes the unmodified gesture for 'skeleton', 'and',, then the letter 'Z'. their short names all combine a sign and the first letter of their names, to keep things simple.
but in case it's not clear, he finally signs it one more time before spelling out, 'means S K E L E T O N'.
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and he's still chewing on what that could possibly spell (literally, "Mega-Man"? but that doesn't make any sense...) when he's asked some more questions. thankfully, these are ones he can answer--and he's gotten very used to having to break these things down for Nunnally, or compose new words for Coil that weren't previously in their vocabulary (like "alien" and "spaceship" and "scary scarred woman who hates us").
so he shakes his head at the first guess, nods at the second. he signs, 'My short name is'... makes the unmodified gesture for 'skeleton', 'and',, then the letter 'Z'. their short names all combine a sign and the first letter of their names, to keep things simple.
but in case it's not clear, he finally signs it one more time before spelling out, 'means S K E L E T O N'.
he hopes that the reason would be obvious.]