"Well, this fellow Adree was written into the will of the last Lord who occupied that land--Lord Pyrrish. Lord Pyrrish had no children at all and no living family; he lived for nearly a hundred years. Then when he died they discovered he had willed his birthright and everything to a young farmer all the way in Natai. He even specified that the young man keep his original name. So Lord Adree came up here and apparently had no idea who Pyrrish was. He'd never given the Lords up here a second thought. Not only that, but Pyrrish was undoubtedly and completely homosexual, so there's no chance he fathered a child on anyone. It's a complete mystery."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Never." She shook her head. "They even had one of the special Seers come in to see if Adree was telling the truth. The man's clean as a whistle."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Sera nodded. "I know. Gaius is looking into it, I think, but he does like Lord Adree."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“That’s good at least.” Talia nodded. “Lucky for sure.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Most definitely. I expect there are complications, of course, but he's taken to it like a duck to water."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Talia nodded. “Good for him… gosh that’s like something out of a storybook. Getting chosen off your farm to become a Lord. How fun.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(I'm copy/pasting this whole-ass thing into a doc and then I'm gonna cut the questions up and put em in a jar and that's how I'm gonna flesh out my worlds. Excited and terrified https://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/04/fantasy ... questions/ )
"Fun, maybe," she mused. "Daunting, too. He's leaving everything he knows behind."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
(Ooh that’s awesome! I may poke around with that, too. Seems like great questions!)
“…true,” Talia agreed with a nod. Then smiled sheepishly and joked, “including pasta.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Sera chuckled. "I'm sure he misses it. You could ask him next time he's here."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“Oh, gosh, do all the nobles of the Northern Realm come here?” How intimidating. She wasn’t about to go around getting to know them.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Talia nodded. “…That makes sense… I’ll be going home within the next few months, though… hopefully…”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(Yeah I mean it's 46 degrees so not too bad but my hands and feet are notoriously bad at handling the cold)
"Hopefully," she agreed.
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
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