15 vectors (1/2)
Lunch was quiet. And long.
Afterward, Catarina and Nisha took over the table, listing the long arc for registering with CURASS. And I had the kitchen counter.
There were three scenes I was very interested about. Accolade reading the heavens with his dark eyes. The heavenly court holding the marriage ceremony of Iyjuis and Alambra. And lastly, Iyjuis dressed in armour, heading for battle. As beautiful as they were in Vikari, I was certain they would be even better in Nashi.
The twins agreed. Didn't take long. And it was as expected, so much more beautiful in Nashi. We were admiring the scenes for a considerably long time, when I had the question.
”What about parallelism?”
”What about it?” Dia asked.
”How do you handle it?”
”So, how do you handle it in Vikari?” Pratt asked.
”Similes. Metaphors. Vikari is linguistic.”
”That's true. Not much different in Nashi. Or Vyaraishi. Or any pictorial runes, for that matter. There's more room, actually. Contrast is used as well, to draw parallel. Can't use antonyms in Vikari, can you?”
”Agreed.”
”So, why the question?”
”I'm just wondering. Faery is essentially elemental as well as sub-linguistic. What if, they're drawing parallels between the two types?”
”What would that achieve?”
”I'm not sure. But really, is it possible to know before we've deciphered entirely?”
”So, you're saying, we branch out?”
”That's actually an interesting idea too. What I was suggesting was keeping an open mind.”
”Screw that. Branching out is more real. The temple, right? That's where we start?”
”Yeah. The very best place to start at. And it's a temple of the sun.”
”So, we'll brush up too. About the temple. Let's take tonight. We'll start tomorrow. When we have some idea about what exactly this branching out means.”
”Sounds good.”
And that was the plan.
The twins had one more thing to share before ending the call.
”You're friend, Morgan, isn't it? She's quite persistent. She was outside the gate morning and evening, asking about you. So, you've got a fan,” Pratt teased.
”Although, she does seem strange,” Dia added.