It's a bit difficult to explain in words, in text, because it is such a visual component. Even the researchers who created her species had no idea that their creations would be sentient, let alone have a language.
This is all inside, of course. Outside, very little to none of it translates. She will attempt to adapt her body language into the body, but can't exactly lay back her ears or flex her tail. :P But she does react in interesting ways to light shows. Christmas was a fun time. And at a dance? Hoo-boy. It's like a stimulus overload, like a drug high. We're a bit afraid of what an all-out rave might do to her.
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Date: 2007-05-06 01:56 am (UTC)It takes the basis of mammalian body language (ear position, teeth, posture, movements) and accents them with the lights, creating subtle differences in meaning and tone depending on, say, if the lights are blinking fast or slow, how bright they are, which lights are being used. It's incredibly complex, and for those of us who don't speak crazy lightflashy language (which is essentially all of us...the deeper meanings are known only to her kind, since they require that specific mindset of being luminé to understand), she appears to have limited telepathy that can enforce the meaning on receptive minds. It's like the difference between cave paintings and Renaissance art in the ability to convey meaning and detail.
This is all inside, of course. Outside, very little to none of it translates. She will attempt to adapt her body language into the body, but can't exactly lay back her ears or flex her tail. :P But she does react in interesting ways to light shows. Christmas was a fun time. And at a dance? Hoo-boy. It's like a stimulus overload, like a drug high. We're a bit afraid of what an all-out rave might do to her.