Taking advantage of the pause while Angel turned a page, Luigi voiced his discovery.
Angel's hand paused. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "There is another possibility. The pronunciation 'Nak' fits the Invention Mouse's pronunciation comfort zone."
The so-called "pronunciation comfort zone" referred to syllables that suited the vocal cords and could be produced easily under well-fed, warm conditions.
For example, most humans—including Zhiren, Kalabites, Low Xiyans, Xi people, and so on—found it easiest during infancy to produce sounds such as "eh," "ma," and "ah."
Perhaps this also explained why the pronunciation of "mama" was similar in so many languages on Earth.
Because these were the syllables babies could produce most easily; they belonged to the pronunciation comfort zone.
The same reasoning could apply to Invention Mice. Their vocal cord structures differed from humans', so their pronunciation comfort zones were certainly different as well.
If the sound "Nak" fell within an Invention Mouse's comfort zone, then it was also possible that it had named itself Nak.
Luigi pondered for a moment. "But Invention Mice learn language before naming themselves. Wouldn't that be past the pronunciation comfort zone stage?"
Angel continued flipping through the catalog and replied casually, "It may also be that only after learning complicated, cumbersome language do they better understand the beauty of the pronunciation comfort zone."
Luigi: "..."
He always felt Angel was sophistrying, yet when asked to refute him, he had no idea what to say for the moment.
Luigi fell silent for two seconds before saying, "We'll know once we see that Naksu's exact situation."
Angel nodded indifferently. Compared to that, he cared more about the various races' merchandise in the catalog.
Quite a few of the products were very interesting. For instance, one item he was looking at now.
Special Item: "Grim Laugh