either the humans adopted the word, or he doesn't use the human word
Perhaps humans don't have that nonbird on their island? It could just be a mainland species... Do we have any real indication how far from the mainland Mospheira is? *thinks*
And! It looks like the first paidhi was Ian - Bren remembers him as Bretano, but it seems like it'd be the same guy, even though that was 20+ years after first contact.
That makes me both astoundingly happy -- go, Ian! Use your awesome first-contact-making atevi interaction skills! Use your connexions Manadgi probably brought you to, and make peace for everyone! -- and sad -- poor Ian! Probably feeling all forlorn and betrayed, and maybe worried about Manadgi, and thinking maybe somehow it's your fault and you thought you'd had something real built up, and it's all falling down around you without warning!
seriously where is my ian-n-manadgi novel, ms cherryh? i need it like burning! even more so now that there's Significant Plot involved!
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Date: 2011-06-07 10:14 pm (UTC)Perhaps humans don't have that nonbird on their island? It could just be a mainland species... Do we have any real indication how far from the mainland Mospheira is? *thinks*
And! It looks like the first paidhi was Ian - Bren remembers him as Bretano, but it seems like it'd be the same guy, even though that was 20+ years after first contact.
That makes me both astoundingly happy -- go, Ian! Use your awesome first-contact-making atevi interaction skills! Use your connexions Manadgi probably brought you to, and make peace for everyone! -- and sad -- poor Ian! Probably feeling all forlorn and betrayed, and maybe worried about Manadgi, and thinking maybe somehow it's your fault and you thought you'd had something real built up, and it's all falling down around you without warning!
seriously where is my ian-n-manadgi novel, ms cherryh? i need it like burning! even more so now that there's Significant Plot involved!