To be fair English is his second language and it’s an easy mistake to make. I just figured it was because terms are slightly different for Sarnothi and well, most people default to the terms they know of even when speaking in another language. I know I do when I try to speak my limited amount of spanish
The fact he got the word mixed up is completely understandable given English isn’t his native tongue. He’d hear “that’s classified” a lot more than he’d hear “you don’t have clearance”.
As a statement MADE, I don’t like it because it objectifies him.
But as a wording slip, what it does is make me wonder: up until recently, how often were the Sarthoni on land were told “you can’t do _ because you’re existence is classified” more than we’d actually like.
And the speaker is a sarnothi speaking a 2nd language. Cleared/classified… maybe it should be familiar to him in his particular context, but its a technical term lots of average American humans would screw up in their 1st language.
A simplified way to explain it, without touching on anything classified, is simply “We know who her biological mother is, but only suspect who her biological father is.”
Vemn knows just enough to know where some of the boundaries lie re: the agents.
I read that as melanin, and was trying to figure out what skin color and coffee had to do with each other.
Well, they can look very similar in some cases.
The term is CLEARED to know not classified to know
To be fair English is his second language and it’s an easy mistake to make. I just figured it was because terms are slightly different for Sarnothi and well, most people default to the terms they know of even when speaking in another language. I know I do when I try to speak my limited amount of spanish
The fact he got the word mixed up is completely understandable given English isn’t his native tongue. He’d hear “that’s classified” a lot more than he’d hear “you don’t have clearance”.
As a statement MADE, I don’t like it because it objectifies him.
But as a wording slip, what it does is make me wonder: up until recently, how often were the Sarthoni on land were told “you can’t do _ because you’re existence is classified” more than we’d actually like.
And the speaker is a sarnothi speaking a 2nd language. Cleared/classified… maybe it should be familiar to him in his particular context, but its a technical term lots of average American humans would screw up in their 1st language.
Smart of Todd to ask before talking. He’s starting to get the hang of this.
A simplified way to explain it, without touching on anything classified, is simply “We know who her biological mother is, but only suspect who her biological father is.”