Merchants on either side of him have been shouting at Spencer to come look at their stands, and he's managed not to become overwhelmed even for his first time in the marketplace but when he hears the woman's kind voice, he can't help but to stop. He glances down at the cane, nodding and shrugging sheepishly as he gestures to his throat, hoping it's enough to show that he has just a bit of difficult communicating at the moment.
He hadn't quite thought it through, how difficult it would be to be in this world without his voice, without a way to ask questions or tell people things as simple as his name. It's fortunate that Joel seems to be able to read him so well, even if a great deal of their time together so far has been spent in a comfortable sort of silence, but he has gotten more than few dirty looks from people who don't understand that he doesn't speak not because he doesn't want to but because he can't.
There's no real way to let the woman know all of this, of course, and if she's trying to offer him a service of some sort, there's no way he can pay her. The workers in the palace had clothed him well and kept him well fed at the prince's instruction, but he hasn't been given anything in the way of coin--nor would he ever have asked for such a thing because he isn't here for charity; he's here for Joel.
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Date: 2015-04-19 08:44 pm (UTC)He hadn't quite thought it through, how difficult it would be to be in this world without his voice, without a way to ask questions or tell people things as simple as his name. It's fortunate that Joel seems to be able to read him so well, even if a great deal of their time together so far has been spent in a comfortable sort of silence, but he has gotten more than few dirty looks from people who don't understand that he doesn't speak not because he doesn't want to but because he can't.
There's no real way to let the woman know all of this, of course, and if she's trying to offer him a service of some sort, there's no way he can pay her. The workers in the palace had clothed him well and kept him well fed at the prince's instruction, but he hasn't been given anything in the way of coin--nor would he ever have asked for such a thing because he isn't here for charity; he's here for Joel.