Well. [Robert can't say he's seen this happen on the journals before.] This is... certainly strange. And it is thoroughly impeding our ability to communicate.
It is a pity that you would be unlikely to know Terran Common Sign Language, else we might be able to circumvent this. [The mun doesn't know it well enough to write a conversation in it, either.] At any rate, we have not met before... I do not recognize you. But my name is Professor Robert Alexander Hastings. [He knows that the person won't be able to reply to this with zir own name, but it's worth stating his own regardless.]
Do you perhaps need assistance of any sort?
[And after a pause to allow a nod or shake of the head as affirmation or rejection...]
Or are you alright despite this... strange affliction on your communications?
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It is a pity that you would be unlikely to know Terran Common Sign Language, else we might be able to circumvent this. [
The mun doesn't know it well enough to write a conversation in it, either.] At any rate, we have not met before... I do not recognize you. But my name is Professor Robert Alexander Hastings. [He knows that the person won't be able to reply to this with zir own name, but it's worth stating his own regardless.]Do you perhaps need assistance of any sort?
[And after a pause to allow a nod or shake of the head as affirmation or rejection...]
Or are you alright despite this... strange affliction on your communications?