"Okay," Nita says decisively. "I think I've got at least part of this. Here." She clears her throat.
"The Realms of Dust -- that's the sentient-abstract-concept -- said to the klexsiowyn -- these here give you the context for that, the aware-but-lacking-self-abstract-tradition part, but who knows what the tradition actually is -- that by complex possessive pronoun power they would lift, possibly with shades of meaning we're not getting the enemies of the Sulcar out of darkness."
She cocks her head. "That last part's literal, I think."
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Date: 2008-11-19 05:49 am (UTC)"Okay," Nita says decisively. "I think I've got at least part of this. Here." She clears her throat.
"The Realms of Dust -- that's the sentient-abstract-concept -- said to the klexsiowyn -- these here give you the context for that, the aware-but-lacking-self-abstract-tradition part, but who knows what the tradition actually is -- that by complex possessive pronoun power they would lift, possibly with shades of meaning we're not getting the enemies of the Sulcar out of darkness."
She cocks her head. "That last part's literal, I think."