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"ARASHU'S FALLEN"
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A Burial At Sea
Having seated himself off from the others, Kolyat cried solo in the vicinity of an altar constructed to celebrate Irikah Krios-Soterios with stills and three-dimensional clips found on a bench inside the parlor situated at the ensuing wake site, Casnar's cottage, at which the next of kin congregated to comfort each other at the close of the interment. He remained with his posterior to every single one of them, not soliciting connection nor heart-to-heart.
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TERMS & DEFINITIONS
abboe: one's father in Kahjic Drell language.
alfinitia: a young drell child, often used in formal address of males.
au: applied to give a negative.
aya: a sound used in speech to address a multitude of situations: to obtain greater explanation, exclaim in surprise or emotion, repeat something for clarity, or elicit an agreement.
baustradeh: a roofed platform along the outside of a dwelling, level with the first floor plan.
canda: rituals and customs of a culture.
Ch'iasanam Dofatal: "Ministers of the Quietus" — Hanar clerics charged with the release of the dead into the Encompassing on Kahje.
flo'kit: a Kahjic woven rug made of kelps and crustaceous ornamentation, used to transport the deceased to an undersea ceremonial resting bed.
h'runopki: the departed, or nonliving.
lajon: a stretch of saltwater separated from the sea by structures such as sandbars and reefs.
momboo: a high-growth woody reed that grows extensively in tropical areas on Kahje.
songahr: a pile dwelling built over water or wet land, usually with a low roof, anterior porch, doors and windows.
srapia: a shawl or long cloth worn as a cloak.
umo: one's mother in Kahjic Drell language.
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