[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' HutmaH Soch: <Heghpu'bogh loD Hol>

[Qov]

'eSSIm thwarted Mahoun's attempt to call for help, as he cringes 
before her in pants-wetting terror.

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qoy'choH Mahoun. Huch nob 'e' lay'. pegh 'e' lay'. SaQchoH. wejpuH. 
Qo'noSDaq SIbI' HoH. 'a naDev qay'laH qum. morghchugh jInmolvaD Seng 
'ej chaq jeS je DIvI'. Hoghvam pawmo' tlhIngan may'Duj Seng'a' 
lInglaH. jatlh 'eSSIm, "qaHoH 'e' vIHechchugh DaH bIHeghpu'. loD 
yIDa." mInDu' poSmoH Mahoun. pagh jatlh 'a 'Ijruplaw'. jatlhqa' 
'eSSIm, "tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhbe' bIjatlh 'a Dajatlhchu'. maqIHDI' loQ 
bIjatlhHa' 'ej mu'mey nap Dalo' 'ach SIbI' bIQagh 'e' DalIjchoH. DaH 
yIchID. chay' tlhIngan Hol Daghojta'?"

"mumer je." jatlh Mahoun. "laHwIj vISovbe'pu'. bIghHa'Daq chov pagh."

"DIS 'ar nIwegh'a'?" jatlh 'eSSIm. "qama' mI'lIj yIja'."

"jajmey vItoghbe'taH 'a wa' jar vISIQ net SIm," jatlh Mahoun. "mI' 
vIghajtaHchugh vISovbe'. DujDaq jIHtaH."

QeH 'eSSIm 'ej wuQmo' jorruplaw' QuchDaj, 'ach SeH'egh. jatlh, 
"bIneptaH. qaStaHvIS wa' jar tlhIngan Hol moHaqmey DaghojlaH 'e' 
vIHon. not tlhIngan bIghHa'Daq SoHpu'. Duj bIghHa' 'avwI' ghaHpu' 
vavwI''e'. jaw 'avwI' qama' je net tuch. ja'chuq qama'pu' net tuch. 
chaq tlhIngan Hol Dayajqu'meH QaplaH mIw DaDelpu'bogh 'a pov 
QIchlIj'e' 'ej tIghmeymaj DaSov je. DughojmoHba'ta' DIvI' QI'." pay' 
Mahoun meq tlhoj 'eSSIm. QoghIjDaq Hol lulanmeH HerghwI' lo'laH QI' 
net joS. HerghwI' tebmeH Hol jatlhbogh qama' QoghIj'e' lo'lu'. mIwvaD 
HeghnISba' qama'. jatlh "choQannISbe'. mIwmey rap DIlo' maH. Hegh 'e' 
maS qama'vetlh. DaH yIvIt." yaj 'eSSIm. vIt jatlh 'e' Qoy neH.

jatlh Mahoun "jInepbe'. bIghHa'Daq tlhIngan Hol vIghojbe'chugh Hol 
Hal vISovbe'."

Qay' 'eSSIm. jachchoH. jatlh "chay' tu'lum rurbogh mu''e' Sov qama'? 
nIweghtaHvIS Nargh motlhutlh'a' SoH Qang je? ghoqwI' SoH 'e' 
vIcherghqang 'a NachINqangme'chugh chay' mangwI' Namoj 'e' Nanam? 
"[25] Mahoun chor SIjmeH ghonDoq DuQchoH 'ach QachtaHvIS wewchoH 
Mahoun. DuQpa' 'etlh Qolta'.
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SKI: We still don't know where Mahoun learned Klingon, but we might 
have just learned where 'eSSIm did.
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[25] If this confuses you, see the KGT section on regional accents.

The low footnote number, by the way, is an indication of how long 
I've been sitting on this information about 'eSSIm, pushing this 
scene around the story until she finally lost her grip.  QeHbejDI' 
'eSSIm boSov jIjatlh. :-)