I guess you could wait a bit and join in with Laura. I'm not sure how much time you'll have to wait though. Also no idea what I'm going to do with her XD
actually, it would go perfectly, because neither of their disabilities affect the other. also I'm pretty sure that, when focusing on one sentence and one person really hard, you don't become a neanderthal. at least I don't, maybe I'm just special.
Well, just think like this. you left your parents house, you're a bit shy and you're in a room full of strange people communicating with a complete stranger in a way that you need to focus completely. Don't you think that your mind would be too filled with random thoughts to be able to communicate properly? That was my whole idea behind it. That and the inexperience on telepathic messaging.