For those who are familiar with His Dark Materials...

[awanderingbard]

It's been ages since I read The Golden Compass, and I didn't read the other books in the trilogy, so I don't know if this is ever established, but how does human/daemon communication work? I know humans and their own daemons talk to each other, and daemons can talk to one another, but can other humans hear/understand what your daemon is saying? Or does it just come out like random animal noises, or is it more telepathic or like a Shakespearian aside?

Apologies for the randomness of this question.

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[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

You can talk to another person's daemon, but it's considered bad form. Exactly how an author chooses to express this is up to them.

This might help you see what other daemon!AU fanfic authors have done: http://crack-van.livejournal.com/5954411.html

and on Pullman's daemons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A6mon_%28His_Dark_Materials%29