[Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' wa'vatlh SochmaH Soch: SanIDlogh nuHoHlaH

[Robyn Stewart]

vajar enjoyed visiting Essim and then went out in the rain to await 
Hota'ro' and ghutar, who had gone hunting.

177: SanIDlogh nuHoHlaH

chegh Hota'ro' ghutar je. yIQchu'. yIttaHvIS naQvo' HuS gheDchaj. 
chemvaH rur. ror 'ej pIv veD. "majQa'!" jatlh vajar. ghIq jatlh, 
"maja'chuqnIS." beb HeH bIngDaq gheD luQotmoH. jatlh vajar, 
"yaSpu'wI', *veS* ghu' wIlajlaHtaHbe'. Seng boSov. wIyuDHa'chu' 'ach 
nupumtaH qImyal Sa'. quvHa'bej ghaH. *Dugh* tI'lu'meH Qo'noS 
wISIchnIS. chay' mavang 'e' bochup?" qechmey ghaj vajar 'ach 
yaSpu'Daj vuDmey Qoy neH. yIQmo' vajar jIb, jatlhtaHvIS mongDechDaq 
'elltaH bIQ. jIbDaj lIS.[194]

qevpobvo' jIbDaj yIQ bI' ghutar. qoghDaj bID 'ang.[265] jatlh, "batlh 
mavangnIS. batlhHa' vangba'pu' qImyal Sa' 'ach tlhIngan ghaH. 
tlhIngan batlh neHqu' Hoch tlhIngan tIq. lajmeH 'eb poQ neH. machun 
'e' wItobchu'. loSmaHlogh maHDaq nejlaH 'ej loSmaHlogh pagh Sam. 
Qo'noS wIghoSmeH poQ jaj 'ar?"

jatlh Hota'ro', "pIvlob Soch vI' vagh lo'lu'chugh wa'maH jaj poQ."

jatlh ghutar, "qaStaHvIS wa'maH jaj maloS. matay'taH. mavoqchuqtaH. 
maHubchuqruptaH. Sa' pIlmoHjaj quvmaj. nuq qaSlaH?"

jatlh Hota'ro', "nuHoHlaH. SuvwI' quv Ho'be' qImyal. woQDaj 
SachmoHlaHbogh nuv'e' neH Ho'. ghutar, ghaytan bIHay'taHvIS, chIch 
jatlh DuyDaj <ghIqtal>. nuHoHnISbe' qImyal. nuqaDlaHtaH Duypu'Daj. 
bong nuHoHlaH jol. qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SanIDlogh nuHoHlaH pagh nutojlaH."

<jatlh 'e' mev> 'oSbogh ghop Hol lo' vajar ghIq tlhup. jatlh "jol 
vIQoylI'." 'IjmeH mev latlhpu'.

"vIQoybe', HoD," jatlh ghutar.

"SIS neH 'e' vIQoy," jatlh Hota'ro'.

qo' yIQ bejqu' vajar 'ach pagh nub legh. HurghchoH. teSDajDaq 
vIngtaH. ghur wab. "DaH vIQoychoH!" jatlh ghutar. QoymoHwI'meymo' 
vajar teS QaQ law' SuvwI' Qup teS QaQ puS! ghIq jatlh ghutar, "SoHvo' 
vIQoy. QoymoHwI'meylIj tIteq." teqDI' loj wab. QoymoHwI' 'IjDI' 
ghutar, 'ol. "chaq yIQmo'," jatlh.
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SKI: vajar and his crew stand under the edge of a roof, out in the 
rain, and try to figure out what to do about the situation on *veS*.
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[194] When I'm out in the rain water from my soaked hair runs down my 
forehead into my eyes, but as I wrote this I saw that clearly 
Klingons have evolved so that their hair doesn't channel water onto 
their faces, and indeed their horizontally ridged foreheads channel 
water to the sides, away from their eyes. So THAT's what the ridges are for.
[265] I promised you wouldn't have to remember things, to read the 
story, so I'll remind you that ghutar lost half his ear in a duel. 
The other guy lost his entire head.

PLUS I missed a footnote yesterday:

[254] I was thinking "gee that guy's communicator never shuts up" but 
he's nowhere near as bad as my boss. He's perpetually on the phone. 
You may have noticed that the Yelwitian ship has a switchboard 
communication style. People can't call communicator to communicator 
directly, but have to go through the QumpIn, or whichever hapless beq 
is manning that station. That explains why when he's with his 
girlfriend he doesn't get all the business-type calls. He only has to 
tell one person to hold his calls. He may not be strict with them 
about treating him with the deference Essim thought they should, but 
they got the message not to bother him with Essim unless it was urgent.