We have a new instance of another language being spoken here! Quivrid doesn’t speak Galactic Basic, but it’s generally bad form to have either no indication of a foreign language or just have everything written in another language (unless there’s a narrative reason!) when someone is speaking a different language, so this is the solution I came up with.

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SKIIIIIID-!

INTERPLANETARY SHADOWS

Vela: …

Quivrid: So-

Quivrid: What’s the situation?

CHAPTER EIGHT: Swords and Words