why is there a word for that

[alicornucopia]

Finnah's just arrived at work to open the store for the morning shift; she has her apron on but hasn't put her hair up yet. She lets in the customer who always takes half an angle to determine that he wants four buttercreams, again, and then nips into the back to tend to her hair and check the overnight progress of the rock candy.

This isn't the back.

But that -

No, he's too tall to be Mial, if this is a Mial prank it's a stupidly elaborate one.

"Okay, I give up," she says, "what the hell?"

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[middlingalong]

(Ivan is forbidden to speak but he can send Linya a pen message.)

[isthisart]

Linya reads her pen message.

"Does saying it help?" she inquires.

[unmarred]

"Prediction unclear. Too many factors."

[isthisart]

"Well, I've been filled in on what it means now, to whatever extent that helps."

[unmarred]

"Mm. Miles, I delegate to you the task of finding out."

[thisvorlunatic]

Miles sends Linya a pen message.

What does it in fact mean? I think I was upstairs for most of the context.

[isthisart]

Linya forwards him Ivan's note.

Aurin said Draconic for dragon is "siad" and "shren" is also Draconic and apparently the major dragon-ego-puffing-word for "awesome in a dragon way" is "siaddaki" so I just did the OBVIOUS THING HOW DID NO ONE THINK OF THIS BEFORE so obviously it means awesome in a shren way? And apparently now the world is ending.

[thisvorlunatic]

I think your understanding qualifies as positive if you acknowledge that 'awesome in a shren way' is a coherent concept, Miles pens back. Draconic kind of scares me now.

[isthisart]

It seems to be almost malicious. I acknowledge the coherence of the concept.

[thisvorlunatic]

"Count me and Linya both under correct comprehension," vouches Miles.

"I still hardly know what in fuck is going on," says Stalas.

Miles shows him the pen exchange. Stalas nods. "All right, me too, then."

[first_and_final]

Milo makes plaintive faces at Miles.

[thisvorlunatic]

"You're under bloody interdiction," says Miles, "but here—" He trots over and shows Milo the exchange between himself and Linya.

[first_and_final]

Milo scowls thunderously.

[thisvorlunatic]

"Milo, unsurprisingly, is thoroughly in Mial's court here," says Miles.

[abeance]

"Ah, can I...?"

[thisvorlunatic]

"Sure," says Miles. He shows Jann the messages.

[abeance]

Jann reads them.

"Yeah," he says, "me too."

[unmarred]

Mark continues hugging Mial. "All right?" he murmurs.

[thisvorlunatic]

Mial sniffles and hides his face in Mark's chest and nods.

[unmarred]

"Thank you all for your contributions," says Mark. "We may yet postpone his suicide indefinitely."

[middlingalong]

"I'm not sure if I should be apologizing for setting Ivan up -" Aurin ignores Ivan's vigorous disgruntled nod - "or trying to figure out how to apologize on behalf of my species or what, but I'm sorry."

[unmarred]

"It's not really either of your faults as such. The situation was fundamentally unstable to begin with and can be entirely blamed on Draconic being stupid and evil. But thank you," says Mark.

[middlingalong]

Aurin makes a face but doesn't try to rebut the assessment of Draconic.

[unmarred]

"Capable of speaking yet?" inquires Mark of Mial.

[thisvorlunatic]

"You're doing such a good job of speaking for me, I don't see why I should bother," Mial mumbles. "Ugh. Ugh ugh."