I have a confession to make to all of you. I did not specify why Fehn (the leathersmith) called Selkie’s first choice of leathers morbid in the previous strip, because I was curious what the thoughts and speculation on that would be. So, thanks for entertaining my curiosity. 😉
The reason is because the symbol on the leathers Selkie was looking at is called the Fangs of the Father. It’s a symbol that relates to the darker aspect of Han Shin Jian Tho, the prime Spirit of the sarnothi pantheon. He’s known to devour sarnothi as well as bestow his blessings upon them, and the Fangs of the Father is a symbol of humility and penance which in human terms more or less means, “Be good, or God will eat you.”
A symbol that warns about imminent death isn’t something Fehn feels is appropriate for a child to wear. The Jin’Sorai patron Kan Ge Tho is an overall more pleasant entity.
Well, I was close…
Dave,
One of the reasons why your comic is so great is you aren’t afraid to troll us a bit in order to further the story. Good job.
I appreciate that you even *listen* to us.
Seriously, you put a lot of work into this and it shows. Thanks.
The symbol was also entirely illegible. I had to go back and stare at it to tell their was a symbol on it. (;;;^_^)
Sound travels VERY well in water so that argument should be relatively easy to eaves-drop on before they get much closer…
It is true that sound propagates much better in liquid than it does in air. Because of this, it makes sense that people that live in a liquid would have found a way to have private conversations – their equivalent of “whispering”.
As frequency goes up, sound propagation goes down, so maybe when they are having a private conversation they speak in EXTREMELY high pitched voices, so the sound does not carry as far.
I thought Selkie’s screech was a high-pitched sound… but that wouldn’t make sense if high pitched doesn’t travel well. However, it does make it more likely that they’re able to speak at a high enough pitch for it to not travel well. Hmm….
If the sarnothi are apex predators, it might make sense if a battle/sneak attack yell didn’t travel far. If it travels far enough to startle/disorient your target, but not far enough to alert your targets friends, you’ve got a solid diversionary sound there. Other potential reason: you’re somehow bested by something that normally wouldn’t be able to best you, it’s close & looming over you. You let out the shriek to turn momentum back in your favor. It’s loud up close (where your assailent is) but doesn’t indicate to other potential assailents that you’re up against the ropes.
Proper rallying battle cry would probably be deeper, with a heavy bass that carries far & clear (kind of like how a well blown conch sounds). That or dubstep.
Todd left off the part where Spring in Wisconsin starts late June.
Good one 🙂
That is so frighteningly true, that I didn’t even laugh. I shrugged.
I may have decided to live in an area that didn’t get to -40 degrees at night. Err, … Question: is that in Degrees F or in degrees C?
Answer: yes.
I just thought it was kinda gothy. I mean if it’s too morbid for a kid, it probably shouldn’t come in a kids’ size..
Yes, because dwarfism is TOTALLY not a thing…
Though this does beg the question: IS dwarfism a thing among Sarnothi?
Even in the real world you’d probably have to go to a speciality store or have something custom made if you are under/oversized, I don’t think most regular stores would keep pants on stock on the off chance Andre the giant comes in.
Though in this case everyone in the colony probably knows each other anyway so dunno. 😀
To be fair, this *is* a relatively small community. Could be he’s the only clothing store, or that there are a small enough number of potential customers than none can feasibly be ‘specialty’ stores.
Militaristic symbol, god that eats you symbol… close enough…
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That comment Selkie made about fighting to be her best friend seems a little too childish for her age. Isn’t she like 8 or something?