Elyse M Grasso on Nostr: #WordWeavers 19 What is your MC’s first memory? If he thinks hard? Literally his ...
#WordWeavers 19 What is your MC’s first memory?
If he thinks hard? Literally his first breath: when the Traventine Elderkin say that Franz-Karl was 'born old and open-eyed' they are not being metaphorical.
Birth and before are more dreamlike.
Traventi considers that precocious Elderkin are more likely to turn out sane if they don't have unfiltered memories of the birth process or (especially) being in the womb. The techniques used to prevent that are more a matter of distraction than sedation.
If he thinks hard? Literally his first breath: when the Traventine Elderkin say that Franz-Karl was 'born old and open-eyed' they are not being metaphorical.
Birth and before are more dreamlike.
Traventi considers that precocious Elderkin are more likely to turn out sane if they don't have unfiltered memories of the birth process or (especially) being in the womb. The techniques used to prevent that are more a matter of distraction than sedation.