Today's meal is different than normal. It's not in a bottle, and it has a smell to it. I don't know what it is, but dad's got something on his hoof with a bit of the stuff on it. It looks strange too.
"Open up, Inova" he said as he moved it closer. I got a better smell of it. It smelled sweet, but was still strange. I didn’t open my mouth.
“It’s tasty~” he said as he pushed whatever it was against my mouth. It felt kind of weird, and when he pulled it away, some of it remained on me. I tried to get a good look, but it was just out of my sight. I heard mommy and daddy laughing a bit at something, though I don’t know what.
After a while, I licked the stuff on my muzzle, getting a taste of it. It tasted good. Daddy was quick to bring more of it, and I ate all that I could.
For a few days now, I've felt something vague, yet meaningful inside me. Something I wanted to get out, and something mommy and daddy use all the time when they talk: words.
It's breakfast, and we're having oatmeal. Mommy and daddy are using something with their glows, but Skyla and I are just sticking our muzzles in our bowls. It was after I pulled my muzzle from the oatmeal that the vague, yet meaningful thing started to come out.
"Dur" I said. It wasn't all I wanted to say.
"I think Inova's about to say her first word!" Daddy said. He and mommy turned to look at me. Skyla's muzzle was still in her oatmeal.
"Duri" I got out. A few tries later, I got to "duria". Mommy and daddy agreed that that wasn't a word and went back to their food.
Soon enough, with a few more tries, I said "durian!" Mommy and daddy both stopped eating and looked at me strangely. I wonder if I did something wrong.
"Shiny, did Inova just say what I thought she said?" Mommy asked daddy. The thing she was holding in her glow fell to the table.
"I think she did" Daddy said. Mommy's face started to turn kind of green, and then she ran off for some reason. I heard a door close, and then some kind of nasty sound. While the nasty sound was happening, Daddy turned to me and spoke again. “Who told you about that trip to Indoneighsia?” I had no idea what he was talking about.