This page concludes Chapter One. I am still finishing up the music video interlude before Chapter Two, so there may be a delay longer than two weeks before I post it (and so begin the next chapter). I hope you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sonia’s reference to “his” lore is part of the somewhat ingrained gender arrangement of Paerth’s sexist society, which sees “the middle sex” as a means for the man to secure a family.
GOARLJIV gwaljirv (NAL) (GWAHL-jeerv) or (go-AHRL-jeev) Sonia has a Paerthian accent when she uses the impersonal verb of “to love as a partner”. Her use of the impersonal is somewhat of a telltale that she really has felt alien from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Topin is the largest local planet in Kaian cosmology and the dwelling of the God of love and fantasy. Some cultures, most notably the Royal Worship of Ondo, refer to the Goddesses and Their dwellings as the same thing. Sonia’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For some reason, Sonia uses the Ondoko “thanks” when her jacket is taken. Perhaps she subconsciously realizes Aop is there. E lapn heh ay-LAH-puhn-HAY-(glottal stop) “I feel grateful”
seessa (NAL) (SEES-sah) This “hello” (or “hey”) is often used for inquiries into a room to see if anyone is there or to gain attention. Lore Oruni somewhat rudely if clumsily uses the Ondokohe Goddess Feleshol as a swear word.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It seems our heroes may be kissing (just in time for the 100th page of Chapter One!), but I guess we can’t see here, for sure. Maybe, sometimes, things referring to the power of love can be left to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
