#eal

Although, in watching it again and this time with full subtitles unlike the ones on Dailymotion, I did notice even more how Ilya's speech changes.

I noted before, he does start using more typical English abbreviations - "it's" and "you're" whereas before he had consistently said "is" and "you are" - but his accent also softens too. He gets softer on his V/W pronunciation - "ven ve beat you" was particularly pronounced while, by episode 6, his W sound on "wolf bird" is a lot closer to the English W, along with adding more As and "the" into his sentencing structures - "you are having panic attack" is so recognisable, but in episode 6 his sentence is well structured in English for "on the cover of the fucking game", with those "the" placements being added in.

It's great on Connor and Jacob's part - they recognised Ilya's improved English speaking skills well, without any further jokes like the one in episode 2 in the bathroom with Shane, other than the little bit of Shane waking him up and talking a thousand miles an hour in the middle of the night!

But I do love that Ilya (or perhaps it's a Connor trait?) consistently eye tracks when people speak to him. It could be a sign of emotion, but it could also be read as Ilya really focusing to get a grasp of what is being said and make sense of it. It's a subtle but powerful little idiosyncratic motion that just elevates the idea that he's ESL

I love it.

drew oceaan creatures first was more of someting just poped my mind