Challenge #04414-L030: Suddenly Learning to Teach

The other hatchling kobolds picked up their native tongue quickly. But this one, smaller than the others, struggled with the language. They had no ancestral memories of previous lives. The humans in the village that were close, dear, friends to this warren, and the kobolds elder, realized this precious life was truly new to this world, in more than one sense. -- Lessons

Some species of Alfarell are born with their language. Well, most of their language. Hellkin know how to talk in Voulspeak, once someone else speaks it in their presence. The same holds true for Hallobloods and Santivoc. Dragons and Dragonkindred are born -or reborn- speaking Drakoniish.

Until today.

The Kobold, known to the rest of the burrow as Kaep, had taken days to walk, when all their nestmates had already stood, picked up a tool, and set to work. They could not speak Yprak, and babbled at best. They didn't know what to do, where to go, or how to act. Which lead to the burrow's Racht[1] examining the tardy Kobold youngling.

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