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it was the festival of Ótśimay[^1] and all were enjoying the kavvára-tea
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traditional at that time. This was one of the Hígal frontier towns, near
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the shores of the great seas, and it was common for unruly sailors to
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-pass idly through the town, stinking of uilímvie-wine and the smoke of
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+pass idly through the town, stinking of wilímvye-wine and the smoke of
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faraway lands; so when someone saw the body, the patriarch Sávv of the
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East shouted, "Curse the sailors! Let him be; as long as he is disorderly,
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let the Three Deaths taunt him in his stupor."
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@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ stand outside the entrance of the courtyard. "He is more Hígal than I."[^4]
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[^4]: At this point in history, ethnic membership was often determined by birthplace and not physical features; failing accurate information, most people determined a person's ethnicity by their accent.
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Bezén disappeared into the fabric that covered his door, and returned
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-with a cup filled with boiled léshtra-water[^5], and put it to
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+with a cup filled with boiled léśtra-water[^5], and put it to
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the sick man's lips. Much of it ran down his neck and onto his cloak,
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but he did drink some and moaned. Bezén nodded. "I shall take him in,
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then, until he is clean to visit the village once again."
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-[^5]: Léshtran (singular _léshtra_, dual _léshtral_) are berries with relaxant properties. They have a great deal of natural hydrocolloids—a substance known as the Trindúrian pectin—and as such were often used to create a thick, sugary drink called léshtra-water.
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+[^5]: Léśtran (singular _léśtra_, dual _léśtral_) are berries with relaxant properties. They have a great deal of natural hydrocolloids—a substance sometimes called "Trindúrian pectin"—and as such were often used to create a thick, sugary drink called léśtra-water.
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The patriarch stood with his hands crossed over the symbols displayed
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on the chest of his cloak. "You, Bezén, are welcome also to visit—"
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walked back with the patriarch to have more tea.
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It was several days until the people in the town heard again of the
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-man with the dead eye; Náfa ran into town from the hermit's hut,
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+man with the dead eye; Náfa ran into town from the hermit's hut,
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telling them all of Káffaśwerṯal and that he walks once again.
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"For a day, he would not move, and only stirred on occasion, to ask
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"Bezén made me leave," Náfa said, "and I did not hear all of it. But
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I heard him say that he was in the woods on his way to Suráv to buy
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medicine when he was stopped by a red-bearded man who was trying to
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-find the Diufázza[^6]. When Káffaśwerṯal said that word, Bezén made
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+find the Dyufázza[^6]. When Káffaśwerṯal said that word, Bezén made
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me leave."
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[^6]: This word resembles the Vérdash word _juhfáshah_, which means 'unclean.'
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Bezén stood by the tree with a mortar and pestle and was
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mashing grains into a pulp for flatbreads.
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-"I sent her away after he mentioned the Diufázza," Bezén said.
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+"I sent her away after he mentioned the Dyufázza," Bezén said.
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"I have heard that name," Sávv said with a slow, measured cadence. "I
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have never heard good said of it."[^7]
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-[^7]: Traditional Nexnévenal myths do not mention a Diufázza anywhere. It is most likely an interpolation by the author.
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+[^7]: Traditional Nexnévenal myths do not mention a Dyufázza anywhere. It is most likely an interpolation by the author.
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"There is no good in it," Bezén said, and nodded to Káffaśwerṯal, who
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began to speak quietly, after Náfa had been sent to the village to
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@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ what he truly wished, and send whatever that was not.
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"He told me this had happened twenty years ago, and that he constantly
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wished for death, which of course would not happen as long as he wished
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-for it. He had decided to find the Diufázza, which he told me was the
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+for it. He had decided to find the Dyufázza, which he told me was the
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one place that one could be severed from the gods."
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He stopped here, and his lone eye seemed to fail to focus, and he mouthed
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