Good question - they speak English to an extent but it's a little mangled:
'Where?' Amherst shook the native's shoulder excitedly.
'In Iticht phulph.'
'In locked valve,' Amherst shouted. 'Of course. It's the only place he could be.'
I'll have to see if I can work out the linguistics in more detail, there aren't many examples of speech.
And I've just noticed that about 95% of the way through the story we're told that the Nympus have green scaly shoulders. At least I got the scaly part right, the green will have to be looked into...
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Date: 2009-10-12 06:47 am (UTC)'Where?' Amherst shook the native's shoulder excitedly.
'In Iticht phulph.'
'In locked valve,' Amherst shouted. 'Of course. It's the only place he could be.'
I'll have to see if I can work out the linguistics in more detail, there aren't many examples of speech.
And I've just noticed that about 95% of the way through the story we're told that the Nympus have green scaly shoulders. At least I got the scaly part right, the green will have to be looked into...