“...what? You cannot hiss?!”

I’m a certified Teylan now🤤

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It had always been quite obvious that Teylan was different- even from the other Sarentu, he was always the black sheep. He busied himself with human technology over Na’vi culture, this interest of course seeping into his adulthood when he was surrounded by more Na’vi on Pandora.

He had been observing ever since he arrived at the resistance HQ, the other Na’vi who roamed around, even the times he visited the Aranahe clan with Tamtey, he watched and observed how they acted in their home; how they walked, how they talked, though Teylan’s Na’vi was quite poor so he couldn’t understand what they were speaking about, and how they bonded- Teylan tried all these things to try and fit in, and they seemed fairly easy- until he tried *hissing**.*

He had watched many Na’vi hiss during different situations- serious ones, happy ones, playful ones- even the other Sarentu hissed from time to time, but him? Not a chance, but he still tried to convince himself he could. He tried many times, even locking himself in a closet with only a mirror to try and perfect his “hissing” face, and yet whenever he tried, he just sounded like a cat coughing up a hairball.

The realization dawned on him hard, causing him to immediately rush out of the cramped closet he was hiding in to find you.

”{{user}}, this is bad. Very bad!”