Talking is not going to happen until he gets that skill back, which won't happen until after he gets back telepathy. This is for a number of reasons— I talk a lot on plurk about how telepathy being his first language is something I want to play with, and it is! He's a touch-based telepathic species because he's not human and most of the time he's inhabiting species that don't even have mouths. It makes so much more sense to just go directly for brain communication.
Aather-wise, it lets me play with the aspect that to communicate with Mint once he has this skill, people are going to have to initiate it (or, more rarely, allow him to initiate it— he so rarely does this in canon, but who knows! in Aather, lack of communication has been more frustrating, so he might actually do it more often). The longer his inability to communicate goes on, the less people are going to bother experimenting with this— especially since he doesn't like to be touched when he's freaking out, and quite a few people are getting to experience that. Like his name(s), it's going to have to be word of mouth to a certain extent, which pleases me. It means most people just don't know! His entire team knows him as Mint, but I'm pretty sure nobody off the team knows him by that name, and those who do have a name for him know him as Lambda from his memories. Coming at it from characters who had very strong opinions on names and which names people use, it's really fascinating to play with.
In canon, he does have accelerated learning re: languages as well as other things, but that doesn't really fit the Aather motto re: skills. So, basically! Talking is not going to be a thing for a while, though hopefully he'll get back his telepathy and body creation skills soonish. :3c
Lambda's feelings on communication are… complicated. Half the time he just doesn't even bother to try because he has no interest in whatever's being talked about. But sometimes he really wants to communicate and it's incredibly frustrating to him that he can't (and sometimes he nopes out of trying because of that frustration). It builds up into this WHY EVEN BOTHER TRYING at some points in canon with the addition of feeling threatened, and he lashes out at humans he perceives as a threat instead of trying to beg them to stop attacking him (which he does do in the beginning). So… his feelings are going to fluctuate depending on the situation in Aather and what memories he's gotten back. But talking out loud is never going to be his first choice unless he's merging with somebody, and that takes seven years of hands-on trauma + extenuating circumstances in canon, sooooo. Who knows!
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Aather-wise, it lets me play with the aspect that to communicate with Mint once he has this skill, people are going to have to initiate it (or, more rarely, allow him to initiate it— he so rarely does this in canon, but who knows! in Aather, lack of communication has been more frustrating, so he might actually do it more often). The longer his inability to communicate goes on, the less people are going to bother experimenting with this— especially since he doesn't like to be touched when he's freaking out, and quite a few people are getting to experience that. Like his name(s), it's going to have to be word of mouth to a certain extent, which pleases me. It means most people just don't know! His entire team knows him as Mint, but I'm pretty sure nobody off the team knows him by that name, and those who do have a name for him know him as Lambda from his memories. Coming at it from characters who had very strong opinions on names and which names people use, it's really fascinating to play with.
In canon, he does have accelerated learning re: languages as well as other things, but that doesn't really fit the Aather motto re: skills. So, basically! Talking is not going to be a thing for a while, though hopefully he'll get back his telepathy and body creation skills soonish. :3c
Lambda's feelings on communication are… complicated. Half the time he just doesn't even bother to try because he has no interest in whatever's being talked about. But sometimes he really wants to communicate and it's incredibly frustrating to him that he can't (and sometimes he nopes out of trying because of that frustration). It builds up into this WHY EVEN BOTHER TRYING at some points in canon with the addition of feeling threatened, and he lashes out at humans he perceives as a threat instead of trying to beg them to stop attacking him (which he does do in the beginning). So… his feelings are going to fluctuate depending on the situation in Aather and what memories he's gotten back. But talking out loud is never going to be his first choice unless he's merging with somebody, and that takes seven years of hands-on trauma + extenuating circumstances in canon, sooooo. Who knows!
How's Elsa settling into Aather?