belle is trying to write down their own name in bazadox, writing each letter as though one from the bazadox alphabet, when they stop and look at how zzy wrote theirs. 'um, zzy, how come... i'm confused, why does your name have less letters than in english?'
THEY GLANCE AT BELLE’S PAGE , blinking slowly , before shaking their head . placing their pencil behind their ear . ‘ i forgo’ ‘at i never ‘old you - um , basically , in bazadox , ‘ere is a fff-fffiiing…. where … we don’ wri’e t - wo - ’ they hold up two fingers to make sure they’re understood . ‘ - le’ers for ours . so ‘ere are … two z’s in english , bu’ no’ in bazadox . you wro’e yours wrong , you only pu’ one of t - ’ose , bu’ some’ime i will wri’e ‘wo because i wan’ i’ ‘o look cool . ’
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