Setting 01: 1220 DAY 0, Alcaud Plains around Balamb

<Elixir> Pathetic plea.

<Elixir> Pathetic plea

<I need an Elixir> Self-evident declaration

<Help me>! Punctuated despair and pathetic plea

<Anyone have an Elixir>? Rhetorical question and wishful thinking

<Please help me> Pathetic plea and self-evident futility

<�> Pause and resumption

<My poor feet> Plaintive self-pity

<�> Pause and resumption

<�>? Awareness and interest

<�>! Sudden realization and flood of jubilance

<There is Balamb Garden>! Second and self-evident declaration

<�> Self-reassurance and calmness

<There is someone coming>! Awareness and suspicion

<Who is there>? Nonspecifically directed interrogative

<Squall>? Quasi-specifically directed interrogative and wishful thinking

<Squall>! Reckless presumption and exuberance

<Is that you>? Quasi-specifically directed interrogative

<Hey, Squall> Relation-creative-purposive address and wavering certainty

<�> Pause and closer inspection

<�>! Awareness and corollary certainty

<Squall, are you there>? Quasi-specifically directed interrogative, extended presumption, uncertainty, and incipient inquietude

<Heavens>! Awareness and reflex panic

<Help me, someone>! Nonspecifically directed imperative directive, growing panic, and wishful thinking

<Squall>! Reflex defensive assertion and specifically directed, imbedded directive

<Please, no> Plaintive plea, specifically directed, elliptical imperative directive, deplorable capitulation, and fear

<Please> Plaintive plea, specifically directed, imperative directive, and unmitigated fear

<NO>! Awareness, plaintive plea, specifically directed, elliptical imperative directive and recoil

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Jeremy's Scribbles:

The "stage directions" after each line he communicates are necessary. Besides, they aren't stage directions; PuPu's alien clan does not communicate with their voices, only their thoughts. They don't have facial expressions either, which means to communicate elements such as sarcasm or emotion, I have to add the "stage directions" and, if you noticed, keep the emotion-denoting punctuation marks (question or exclamation) outside of the <brackets>.

In actuality, those "stage directions" are called the "pragmatics" of language. The words he actually "speaks" are called the "semantics" of language. Because he isn't actually making any sounds with his mouths, I used <brackets> instead of "quotations" to indicate what he wants to <communicate> with his thoughts. Also, throughout the rest of the story, thoughts are italicized and speech is unmodified. So what the aliens want to communicate show up <like this>.

I would appreciate your reviews for this chapter and every chapter so I can see what you are thinking and go back and make corrections for other readers if I see that everyone is stumbling between the same two chapters. It would also facilitate correcting spelling or grammar errors if you would report them in that chapter's review.