closed . // @theydefy ( for periss + dyn ! )
Last of lingering sunlight drifts ‘neath ever-shifting horizon ; only when night breeches the realm does the Forgemaster ever feel inspired with v o i c e and the keen venture of conversation ( so too is this the time when his day is most to himself , those hours reserved for periss & periss alone , not having to divide himself ‘tween measures of duty & heart ) . Heavy sigh is let free , claws flexing as the weight of the day’s pressure begins to FINALLY abate from his presence. But is he ever at rest ? Something is always amiss ; something always must be fixed or forged which leaves Dyn’lo in a c o n s t a n t motion – ever-working and ceaseless , a MACHINE self-made and self-endowed that ( of his own strength & wisdom ) hoists up the tribe and ensures its function. An important role ; an oft’ THANKLESS role.
So it is to the Sandling Dyn’lo retires , finding him already in their shared room ( & not once in their time together , despite the offer otherwise , have they made for separate quarters ; this , a fact that still makes the dustling smile ) . No preamble this time , Dyn’lo reaches for Periss , tangles arms ‘round the smaller / younger and pulls him n e a r , claws plucking playfully at the lithe bend of his sides as muzzle tips overhead to let teeth graze his shoulder ( he knows below the cloth there’s a mark left over from their bonding ; he hopes it’ll remain for some while ) . “Periss,” Lowsung and mellifluous , his name sounds less like a moniker and more a m e l o d y ‘pon the tongue of a ‘ desert siren ’ . “I’ve waited all day to touch you.” Not hold him , not be with him – TOUCH HIM . Dyn’lo is not not so ignorant to know what the words may imply , to be deaf to the h i d d e n meaning they may host. A smile raises the seams of his maw , a warbling purr rumbling in his chest. “There’s something I need to speak to you about , considering we have … Gone forward with our bond.” Still hesitant to say the word , are you ? Predictable.
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41 latin phrases our favourite prick Daniil Dankovsky would use
Acta, non verba: actions not words
Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt: mortal actions never deceive the gods
Ad astra per aspera: to the stars through hardship
Ad kalendas graecas: never going to happen (the kalendas were only roman and not greek days so the greek kalendas could never come)
Ad malioria: to better things
Ad vitam aeternam: to eternal life (used to my knowledge as a wish)
Alea iacta est: lit. the dice has fallen meaning an an action whose prospects were previously uncertain are now known
Alterum non laedere: do not harm others
Amor vinsit omnia: love wins all
Barba non facit philosophum: the beard doesn’t make the philosopher
Bellum se ipsum alet: war feeds itself
Carpe noctum: seize the night (play on carpe diem)
Carpe diem: seize the day
Carthago delenda est: lit. Carthage must be destroyed (used to indicate you agree strongly with somethimg)
Cogitationis poenam nemo putitur: no one is punished for their thoughts
Defeadit numerus: safety in numbers
De gustibus et de coloribus non disputandum est: lit. the tastes and colours are not disputed
Errare humanum eszt: to make mistakes is human
Et tu, Brute?: even you, Brutus? (indicates unexpected betrayal)
Ex nihilo nihil fit: from nothing comes nothing, meaning you have to work for something to happen or everything comes from somewhere
Faber est suae quisqui fortunae: every man contrlors his fate
Fiectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo: if I can’t reach haven I’ll raise hell
Haec olim meminisse iuvabit: one day, this will be pleasing to remembering
Hora fugit or tempus fugit: the hour or time flees
Logissimus dies cito conditur: even the longest days end soon
Memento mori: remember you will die
Memento vivere: remember to live
Medice, se ipsum cura: ehysician, heal thyself
Ne puero gladium: do not give a boy a sword
Omnia mutantur, nihil interit: everything changes, nothing dies
Pauca sed bona: few but good
Post tenebras lux: after darkness light
Primum non nocere: first do not harm
Quae non prosunt simgula multa iuvat: what is not useful alone helps when multiplied
Quid pro quo: something for something (a favour for a favour)
Quod vides perisse, perditum ducas: that which you see to have been lost, may you consider lost
Sed magis amica veritas: part of the full phrase “amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas” said by Aristotle for his short of mentor Plato meaning Plato is my friend but truth is a better friend. (οrig. “Φίλος μεν Πλάτων, φιλτέρα δ’ αλήθεια”)
Sapere aude: dare to know
Scripta manent verba volant: what is written remains what is said flies
Ubi dubium, ibi libertas: where there is doubt there is freedom
Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores: the fox changes its fur not its habits
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