She was a bit mom-like to him, since she knew him as a child.
And, I should think, because his mother was in fact a professor.
He needed her help because their suspects were twins with their own made up language, and the two of them together worked on deciphering and translating it. .
That sort of communication challenge suggests analogies with the case of Donald Lang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Lang_(deaf-mute)).
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Date: Jun. 27th, 2012 08:53 pm (UTC)And, I should think, because his mother was in fact a professor.
He needed her help because their suspects were twins with their own made up language, and the two of them together worked on deciphering and translating it. .
That sort of communication challenge suggests analogies with the case of Donald Lang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Lang_(deaf-mute)).