Ankel’s Speech, 2040, excerpt from the Shellworld Foundational Address, later classified. “DEAR BELOVED FIRST GENERATION OF STARMIGRANDS,I speak to you not as a ruler, nor as a prophet, but as one who has remained awake while history rehearsed itself.-Freakambers replied that those who say this always rule. Herein lie the reasons behind the decisions leading
Simultaneously and asynchronously, a Kynanthro stands at the washbasins of the Great Hall of Small Meals. Choky reads the hieroglyphic engravings. They narrate the story that shaped the reality in which Whomans and Kynanthros now live. Somewhere around there, there are mentions of the decision of the first abolition of nations into one, including all
Manqui wonders and concludes that somehow and somewhere here, perhaps the roots of the Greek dialects he loves so much might be connected with the sayings and writings of the Hellenic Astramigration Group, as well as—unsurprisingly—with the songs of Ai Seitan. They all speak of the time when humans had colors. The dictionary in hand,
After many hours of creative solitude accompanied by the music of Ice Atan, Reese Cerussite’s book, and the letter from his mother, witch Dous Anka, Manqui imagines Choky’s wanderings with accelerating procrastination. However, he has shown enough patience waiting for him to return. “What is my little jackal Choky looking to find? Did he find
On the eve of the first Day of the Sixty-seventh year Post Sections, in other words New Year’s Day, at precisely the fifth Hour, the dawn finds Choky trying to bid farewell to Eri. “… From the moment … we will part and then … pain will turn into hunger … Seek … find me
The root “Sha” comes from the way shepherds manage their flock.To guide their animals, shepherds call out the exclamation saa…ssa… with sounds like za, ss, or z… Saóō and all meanings of sa-óō are directly related to the safety of the flock. A related example is the sound xiu-xiu, used to scare away birds.It is
His second thought, after losing the belt, slides him toward Eris, who was watching the events from not too far away, but neither too close. As he approaches her, he regains his composure. He remembers a happy drop leaving a dry well to go to a wet one. She feels tumultuous at this liquefaction, unlike
Looking a bit ahead in time, to the year sixty-seven Post Sections, and in the subjacent space beneath the temples of the free dome, Eris’s fall seems like it will be interrupted by an improbable rebounder at the bottom of the cliff. Soon, she will tilt at an improper angle and continue for another half
“Get out of the way!” shouts Ker. “It’s all clear. Everyone will dance. Some will find joy, and some pain,” Ro responds.With an unmatched arsenal of combat techniques and a vengeful spirit, he aggressively defends his friend’s right to happiness against the usurpers Cer, Ver, and Russ. Swiftly, he disarms the latter, seizes his hunger
The rearranged trajectory of Eris led her to a bridge that leads to the entrance of a tunnel, to something rather abandoned, as distant purple houses in lush green surroundings indicated from afar.And what was she to do here where she arrived? She didn’t know how far or close her home was, she didn’t have
