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noting some stuff before I fall asleep
Oct. 27th, 2023 01:18 amTasha Teranova is an old friend
They're the only two people in the world who speak this way: a mix of half-remembered school Greek, some technical words in Russian, and elements of the language of their one-time captors & the languages of their fellow prisoners in distant outer space.
"OK, Diana, we're not going to agree."
"No, don't switch into Russian! I'm thinking in Greek!"
"Kremlin sent missiles into the capital city, Tasha."
"What? Into Constantinople? No, into Kiev, you mean."
"People have their pride. For conquerors, maybe especially for Russians, it can be hard to see past your own pride to understand other peoples' pride. Who is prouder than an Amazon? My order is thousands of years old! But there are tribes that have a few hundred persons, living in a forest with no local sources of stone nor metal, who still have pride in the little they have, in their little wooden handicrafts, their little wood & thatch homes. Give a people a flag and a border, Tasha, and they'll fight for that. And you have to learn to understand that, and learn to respect it."
They're the only two people in the world who speak this way: a mix of half-remembered school Greek, some technical words in Russian, and elements of the language of their one-time captors & the languages of their fellow prisoners in distant outer space.
"OK, Diana, we're not going to agree."
"No, don't switch into Russian! I'm thinking in Greek!"
"Kremlin sent missiles into the capital city, Tasha."
"What? Into Constantinople? No, into Kiev, you mean."
"People have their pride. For conquerors, maybe especially for Russians, it can be hard to see past your own pride to understand other peoples' pride. Who is prouder than an Amazon? My order is thousands of years old! But there are tribes that have a few hundred persons, living in a forest with no local sources of stone nor metal, who still have pride in the little they have, in their little wooden handicrafts, their little wood & thatch homes. Give a people a flag and a border, Tasha, and they'll fight for that. And you have to learn to understand that, and learn to respect it."