Monday, July 22, 2013

Quillet

Sean John spoke the password correctly. The false tree bark melted away, and access was granted. Sean John had learned the proper pronunciation years ago, when studying the native language. There was a true subtlety of inflection required to speak it properly - one wrong syllabic emphasis and you insulted the entire heritage of your conversational partner's family. The language was full of quillets that made the learning curve especially harsh.

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