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Unconventional communication types.

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Dresdenus Prime:
The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne (Fantastic series by the way, for anyone who hasn't read it. It has a lot of Irish mythology and is a first person narrative, much like The Dresden Files.) Anywho, the main character is able to communicate mentally with his pet, and when his pet talks to him, the author uses brackets for the pets speech. So that's definately a plausible way to go.

Quantus:
For me the main thing is that I personally prefer such things to be done with an alternate character in place of the quotation marks, rather than a font/format change.  As a reader it feels more intuitive, because it is still getting the dialog type punctuation I am used to.  The format changes always look more like an emphasis, rather than speech (using the term loosely) when I first encounter them;  characters I notice as Im reading, formatting is something I only really notice when its breaking my rhythm.  Granted you get used to anything after a while, but as a reader its easier for me, and as a writer I wouldnt ever have to worry about the formatting getting lost should it ever be quoted or moved to a different medium like a e-book. 

Aminar:
Quantus, after some testing I definitley agree.  Plus using>> and<< allows me to distinguish the two cultures languages.  One scripts one wy, the other the opposite, helping to define how polar of opposites they have become.

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