LEVi’s got a very optimistic view on life
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Finally, she asks a question!
^ This
Is that lava?
Also, what’s “na”?
Not directly translatable, it’s an emphasis word.
Sounds sort of like Urdu ‘naa’, used to emphasise a sentence in a manner of exasperation usually. English ‘man’ and ‘dude’ sometimes accomplish the same effect, though they address a second person while ‘naa’ just stresses the command and tone.
Cut it out, dude!
Listen to me, naa!
Is that “na” the first hint we’ve had of Rebekah’s cultural heritage (and perhaps accent, at least under stress)? It does lead me to “hear” her voice a bit differently, and it may provide a few hints about her emotional resources and responses.
Nope, not the first. Chapter 1, page 9 and 19, for example.
Sort of like the Canadian “Eh?”.
In that it is a non-word serving a social function, yes. “Eh” reinforces a statement with the the goal of encouraging agreement or reply from another party, akin to ending a sentence with “right?” so I would say it does not serve the same purpose as “na”.
Unless you’re also a Canadian, in which case, apologies for stating the obvious. Kinda rare that we run into each other online, eh?
Yeah, some words are just there for a certain direction or emphasis, like ma in chinese (you put on the end of a sentence to show that it’s a question, like a question-mark, but it doesn’t have a meaning other than “question word”).
LOL, I enjoyed your response very much, Edmund. It was both funny and informative. You clearly know your shit when it comes to languages.
Der-shing, I remember asking a friend about that one time. In English, we mark a question with a rising tone at the end of the sentence. In Chinese, you can’t really do that, because tones are a part of the words themselves. That’s when he told me about “ma”.
Wish I had time to learn Chinese. It seems very interesting.
I love how chirpy and upbeat Levi is! XD
Levi is a glass half full kind of crustacean!
In spite of being the very-flightless kind! Whee!
“Half-full”?
Nah, Levi sees the glass as /totally full/, half with water, half with air…
And then Rebekah was a processor.
Haha, yeah shut up NERD
Bex made a bad first impression but she’s starting to grow on me.
Oh. If there was a longer conversation, and Bex asked about Michael, maybe those tears mean she knows about Kalla now?
haha, it’s just the fumes XD
Acid lake with tear inducing fumes ?
I think the general atmosphere is irritating. Mike was coughing and had bloodshot eyes when he first awoke but the thighfriend fixed him right up.
Bex seems to be combatting the atmosphere, she’s been wearing the bandana since we first saw her and I doubt it’s for intimidation.
Also can I say she’s absolutely terrifying? Mike quickly integrated into the environment. Bex didn’t. She’s killed all her calories, boiled all her own water, found all her own fuel. In an environment that’s literally alien and hostile.
This woman is bad freaking ass.
I think that survival is a much higher priority for Bex than it is for Mike. While Mike doesn’t necessarily want to die, he also doesn’t value his life too highly.
With Kalla, I think he was on his way toward having a reason to live, but now that she’s gone, I’m not sure what he will do. Perhaps he’s gone back to the place where they met, to see if the system will resurrect her.
Levi is just too heckin cute, I bet he’d make the most excellent adventure-companion
“Can you reveal this plot-central mystery?”
“Ah, well—”
This would be a perfect moment to drop into a hiatus.
ME? drop a hiatus? never
lies
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So, this processor… is it like a CPU processor, or a food processor processor… Everyone seems to be assuming the former, but I can’t remember whether it was ever specified unambiguously.
Maybe Bex has already killed and eaten the processor.
Levi strikes me as that %$%^$%&#$#@&$ fairy from Legend of Zelda, but with more word selection.
HEY! LISTEN! OVER HERE! HEY! WATCH OUT! LOOK! HEY! LISTEN!
*cough*
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f8/68/b7/f868b70dc84693c367367ef95a5c7a19.jpg
(Link is safe… and puts things into perspective)
lol Yeah, now that you mention it. Can you imagine Levi and Navi (the $#^! fairy) having a conversation?
Nooo poor Rebekah :(
the processor is probably an organic machine. considering that all the creatures we have seen here, except Kallakore, are actually machines, it would make sense that the Processor is a sort of Central Hub of sorts. like a Zerg Base or something
Na is very Japanese in that context. It’s probably derives from ma in Chinese I suppose, but rather than to indicate it’s a question, it’s more like “am I right?” or even just “right?”. Either way it works perfectly.
Haha, definitely does not derive from Chinese, it is pidgin Nigerian, and doesn’t indicate a question. I brought up Chinese earlier to explain a word that doesn’t have an overt meaning but serves a purpose, but definitely don’t want to imply that language/ slang from a completely different part of the world shares a common etymology.
Hi I just want to say thank you for creating Bex cause sometimes I feel like the the only nigerians i ever see in stories are either super smart ones with non-nigerian english or really downtrodden ones with exagerrated nigerian english but she embodies everyone I see around me everyday which makes me feel like shes my personal pesin which makes me super happy.
Haha, glad to hear it :]
> LEVi’s got a very optimistic view on life
His playlist is just “Everything is Awesome” on repeat.