muse speech pattern thoughts
do they use contractions and shortenings ("can't" but also "gonna")
do they use multiple contractions, shouldn't've
do they talk Around a point or do they talk To the point ("There's a lot of light that's actually hitting the bush so you could argue it's any colour and while there are a lot of different shades of different colours in the individual leaves, from my current position it's pretty obvious the bush is green," versus "It's green.")
what is the 'feel' of the way they speak? does it feel ancient? does it feel refined? does it feel comfortable, gentle, warm? does it feel safe? (does it feel crass, dangerous, on the edge of danger?)
how urgently do they speak, is it rapid? do they take their time to figure out what they want to say before they say it?
do they say things by mistake, do words sometimes come out of their mouth that shouldn't come out of their mouth?
do they include pronouns when they're not strictly necessary ('I'm going to to the shops do you want anything' vs 'Going to the shops, want anything?')
do they have the jargon for a particular topic and if so do they use the jargon around the person they're talking to
colloquialisms? slang?
do they rely on the relatedness principle ("Is the news on?" / "It's six o'clock." and they rely on people assuming the answer is related to the question, even though it could be completely unrelated) or do they prefer to explicitly spell things out ("Is the news on?" / "Not yet, but it will be in another half an hour.")
what are the words or turns of phrase they often use to change the subject or bring up something new ("Tell you what though-", "Although...", "On the other hand,", "Anyway,")
do they mimic their speaking partner's linguistic traits at least a little i.e. if their partner says "fuck" are they more likely to say "fuck" themselves? or would they stick with whatever word they naturally use? (or if your muse says 'fuck' and someone else says 'sex', would they mirror the word 'sex' or would your muse still say fuck?)
does your muse swear?
does your muse use the words 'i promise' to make promises or do they just say something ("I love you.") or use another version of the words ("You have my word.")
do they say 'please' and 'thank you' to strangers? do they say it to their friends? loved ones? how do they say 'please' and how do they say 'thank you'?
how do they go about disagreeing with someone?
