"time is meaningless, but not without consequence"
we are receiving 'fossil' radio signals,
orphaned signal
...they have been curved back to us. it was a radio archaeologist's dream.
(?why us, is a different issue not discussed here)
in an earlier part of the story, Bast and the lyan, travel to the underworld to rescue the Sun. but as late as now, the story is being told in hattan. how...
the writing
artistic fiction
artistic fiction is the style in which the story is written:
there are a several additional punctuations, different uppercase conventions, and the theory of semantic grammar. and this word: theire, stands for they there in Babel.
capitalization:
i was the first uppercase decision, it is not capitalized,
me isn't, you isn't, she isn't.
first word in a sentence is not capitalized either.
made uppercase in this work: are Forces, Elements, all that is greater than is currently given credit for; the following: Time, Light, Gravity, Fire, Magnetism, Stars and Planets, Oceans and the Moon, Lightning, still on the fence about thunder.
a helpful attitude for a different slant on storytelling.
questions:
two period pause, signifies a question or comment that has not been written down. and, that the next sentence, is in response to the unrecorded communication..
generally the missing interruption is obvious or can be drawn from circumstance.
two commas, an FM pause, a wait for it separation.
so, is often a half question.
question marks are where the interrogative begins.
quotations:
quotes and attribution are less well defined as they came out of Babel. believing, that the same sentence can be said a great many ways, and have significantly altered emphasis depending on who the speaker is,, and when.
user specific quotation marks are utilized. for example, wrat is braketed with %%; Madame Veer with MV-, Bast with ^^, and the master wtih <>.
13 routes through the labyrinth
phaots and chaots
the phaot considers themselves to be steady, stoic, reasonable.
the chaot believes in spontaneity, nihilism, and chance.
?right. some Times, but not as often as you might think.
the lyan, noble, gifted, a phaot for sure.
the wrat, of the street, numbers guy, chaot,, end of the story.
but no, theire are days when the lyan is every bit the chaot the wrat is,, but theire are days when they are both phaots from the floor up..
on the Unicorn search they both started as chaots, and stayed that way for the duration. (remember theire were three different phases to that search)
'but in the end ?do you really want everything decided, before you got here. ?strawberry or grape.'
'both and not just that little smear you put on, use a spoon to put it on and spread it with the knife.'
(and that 'both' is not just jam and jelly: it is also wanting both fate and will)
you get your nature, you get you nurture, then you get your chance
'?choice, or chosen for you.'
'and many other examples...
babel one language: money
theire was something gained in translation.
Madame Veer
more epimethian, than the rest. Her ability to see past current choices to the results rooted in the future, is the proper use of imagination...
the lyan
sidekick to Veer, noble not by birth but by intention.
wants to do things right because the Angels are watching.
Mom and the master too.
the wrat
sidekick to the lyan, and by extension to Bast.
ironic that the wrat would have desire for the cat Goddess. it's curved..
the Unicorn search starts here...
id the lyan's dog
description
maps
% the best maps have dragons on the edges. %
grey and gray, the school colors
another reference to the phaots and the chaots, and the two schools of thought that made up the knights of Time..
in the age of whumans.
the brownian notes in the bell
still trying to unring this one...
the dead letter office
the end of every conveyance..
the last words of every argument..
a great many letters sent too late, talking of love and faith,, steadiness..
dreams without the postage..
you might want to check here periodically...
the story teller
J. Chris Botz
it is about the story, not the teller of said story.
