Oh, one other thing. You've probably noticed me occasionally adding a "Bones?" at the end of long-ass posts sometimes. It's stupid, consiering I'm not even the right nationality for it, but it's a mini-meme grabbed from Steven Brust.
It comes from his book, The Sun, the Moon, & the Stars, as part of an old storytelling device. Basically, the storyteller asks "Bones?" at the end of a chapter, paragraph, whatever, to make sure the audience is still listening. (The correct audience response, by the way, would be "tiles.")
And that's that. Consider it your odd literary device du jour.
It comes from his book, The Sun, the Moon, & the Stars, as part of an old storytelling device. Basically, the storyteller asks "Bones?" at the end of a chapter, paragraph, whatever, to make sure the audience is still listening. (The correct audience response, by the way, would be "tiles.")
And that's that. Consider it your odd literary device du jour.
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