Chapter 952: Lies

Wei Wan'er and Princess Suining both knew that in order to complete the task they gave to that Pan magpie, this Pan magpie would often tell some inconsequential little lies.

However, as everything that Tang Zhangwei did in that Yingzhou City became more and more standardized, he became more and more unable to tolerate those subordinates.

Therefore, that Wei Wan'er became more and more cautious about the intelligence officers under him, and they provided information.

As a result, many local intelligence personnel in Datang have become conservative, and they would rather not make meritorious contributions than make mistakes.

She seemed to be expecting something nasty. At this point, Ella realized that it was not a slip of the tongue, that the woman had deliberately lied, and that there was a subtle trick in her questioning. However, due to her unique background. The ruse was obvious to her.

The people who raised Ella, the people who called themselves the Flatheads, the people who called themselves tribesmen, were initially silent. But communicate in a deep and precise way. Almost no one understands that they have a language. Their pronunciation ability is limited. As a result, they are often slandered as inferior races, non-verbal beasts. They use a body language that is not inferior in complexity to spoken language.

The few words used by the tribesmen – barely spoken by Jodara, just as she had difficulty uttering certain sounds in Zelandani and mamuta – were made up of special pronunciations, which were often used to indicate emphasis, or the names of people and things. The subtleties of meaning are represented by gestures, postures, and facial expressions that add depth and breadth to the language, just as intonation and umlauts are to articulatory languages. However, with this obvious form of communication, it is almost impossible to express something that is not true without revealing the truth from the posture, they cannot lie.

By learning to "speak" with gestures, Ella has learned to comprehend and understand the subtle meaning of body movements and facial expressions. This is necessary for a complete understanding. As she relearns from Jodara to speak with her voice and is able to use Mamuta proficiently, she finds herself appreciating the signals that are unintentionally contained in the slight movements of the faces and bodies of those who speak with words, even though they do not consciously contain such gestures in their language.

She found herself learning something other than the language, though at first it confused and unnerved. Because what people say doesn't always coincide with the signals that are happening in their bodies, and she doesn't know anything about lies. The best way for her to hide the truth was not to speak.

Later, she came to realize that certain small lies were often used to show politeness. However, it wasn't until she learned about humor – which manifests itself as saying something that means something else – that she suddenly grasped the nature of spoken language, and the people who use it. Then, her ability to recognize unconscious signals gave her developing language skills an unexpected expansion; i.e. an incredible insight into what people really mean. This gives her an extraordinary specialty. Although she could not lie herself, except through negligence, she was often clear when others did not tell the truth.

"When I was there, there was no one named Rudy in the lion camp." Ella decided to get straight to the point that "Tuli is the female leader, and her brother Ta Doctor is the head man"

The woman nodded slightly, and Ella continued, "I know that a person is often consecrated to the Mammoth Firepit rather than adopted. That's how Tarut and Niz asked me, and Talut even expanded the earthen house and made a special winter stable for the horses, but. Old Mamut surprised everyone: at the ceremony, he adopted me. He said I belonged to the Mammoth Firepit; I was born for the mammoth firepit "

"If you take those two horses to the lion camp, I can understand why old Mamut said that," said the man.

The woman gave him a disgruntled look and whispered a few words. Then the three of them discussed it for a while. The man had already thought that these strangers might be human, not tricky elves—even elves, not harmful—but he did not believe that they were who they claimed they were. The tall man's explanation of the strange behavior of the animals was too simplistic, but he was intrigued. Horses and wolves made him very curious. The woman sensed that they were speaking too easily, too proactively, too straightforwardly, so she was sure that the matter was far more complicated than what they had said. She didn't trust them, so she didn't want anything to do with them.

Just in understanding another thought, that is, for a person who understands such things. It was only after a more convincing explanation of the strange behavior of the beasts that the woman thought they were human, and she was convinced that the blonde woman was a powerful summoner, and that old Mamut must have known that she was born with extraordinary control over beasts. Maybe the same is true for that man. Later? By the time their camp arrived at the summer convention, it must have been interesting to talk to the lion camp about it, and Mamut must have had some thoughts about the two men. It is much easier to believe in magic than to believe in the absurd notion that beasts can be domesticated.

They disagreed. The woman was upset, and the stranger disturbed her. If she had thought about it, she might have admitted that she was scared. She doesn't like to face such a mysterious force directly, however, she doesn't have the power to decide. The man spoke.

"It's a great place to camp at the confluence of two rivers. We had a good harvest from hunting, and. A herd of large deer is heading here. In a few days, they will be here. If you choose to camp nearby and hunt with us, we won't mind."

"We thank you for your kindness," Jodala said. "We may camp nearby tonight, but tomorrow morning we must hurry."

It was wary of kindness, unlike the warm welcome he received from strangers when he traveled on foot with his brother. The formal greetings made by those people in the name of Our Lady gave them more than hospitality, but an invitation to stay with them and to live among them for a while. The man's more limited invitation made their suspicions clear, but at least they were no longer under the threat of the shuttle.

"Well, then, in the name of Mutter, at least have dinner with us, and eat with us in the morning." The head man can only make this level of welcome. Jodala felt that he could have been more generous.

"In the name of Mother Earth, we will be more than happy to eat with you tonight, after we have set up camp." Jodala accepted, "We have to leave early, though."

"Where are you going in such a hurry?"

(End of chapter)