Samson gestured to Kyle, saying that this would be his room and that he should relax there for a while.
Kyle thanked Samson profusely.
'I'm basically a convicted felon. Despite that, he bought me clothing, took me to his house, and even gave me a room,' Kyle thought.
'Can this guy be unlikable in any other way? He's basically perfect.'
'I swear, if this were a movie or something, he would be killed by the creator later just to drive the pain home.'
'Luckily, this isn't a movie.'
Kyle blinked a couple of times.
'Or is it? I mean, I am in fantasy land! This sure seems fantastical and fictional.'
'I really don't want this guy to die!'
Kyle shook his head.
'This is not a fucking movie! I shouldn't be worried about something like that!'
'More importantly,' he thought as he looked at the pages filled with vocabulary.
'How do I even learn that? This shit is just scribbles.'
Kyle scratched his head.
'I guess the best thing I can do is to learn the scribbles for now. Talking comes later.'
Kyle sighed. 'I fucking hate learning. I got a C-average in high school. I'm not cut out for this shit!'
Nevertheless, Kyle grabbed a pen and started to practice writing the unfamiliar words.
Despite hating learning, he didn't want to disappoint Samson.
'Also, I did kill their turtle worm cow. I would also want payback if someone killed my cow.'
Kyle practiced for about an hour, and he became quite surprised the more he learned.
'That's actually surprisingly easy! I already got the entire first page down! I just look at the image, and the writing just pops into my mind!'
'Am I that smart?'
Kyle sneered.
'If I were that smart, I wouldn't have attacked that dumb turtle worm cow. Seriously, why the fuck did I jump onto its head?!'
'Listen more to your heart, Magic Lady says. My ass!'
After about 90 minutes, Kyle's door opened, and Samson greeted him with a smile.
Samson took Kyle out of his room and brought him to the warm living room.
The living room was quite cozy, and there was even a fire burning in the fireplace.
Samson's beautiful wife smiled and waved Kyle over.
Her two children were sitting on the ground in front of her, looking at Kyle with innocent interest.
Kyle went over and sat between the two children.
Then, she took out a book with big pictures.
She went to the first page and showed it to them.
It was the image of a cow.
"Malu!" the two kids shouted in excitement.
The mother praised them before looking expectantly at Kyle.
"Malu," Kyle repeated, a bit embarrassed.
"Sansa!" the mother said with a bright smile.
Apparently, sansa meant something like good job.
'I'm in the same class as fucking toddlers,' Kyle thought with embarrassment.
The mother went through the entire picture book, and Kyle just repeated after the children.
Eventually, they came to a picture of a bell, and the children didn't know the word.
"Ding dong!" one of them said, eliciting a laugh from the other one.
The mother lovingly shook her head before telling-
"Sliman," Kyle said very slowly.
The mother looked with surprise at Kyle.
That was correct!
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