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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

At 10:44 PM, Bro said...: Temba, his arms wide.
At 11:03 PM, Bro said...: SOKATH, HIS EYES UNCOVERED!
At 12:54 AM, shaun said...: Kirk and Spock?
At 12:58 AM, shaun said...: # Zinda, his face black, his eyes red" (to suffer, to be injured)
# "The river Temarc, in winter" (Stop, cease, misunderstanding)
# "Kiazi's children, their faces wet" (death, mourning)
# "Kalimash at Baha" (storytelling OR Don't worry, calm down)
# "Uzani, his army" (to battle), "with fists open" (to lure the enemy in) — "...with fists closed" (to attack)
# "Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel" (a new metaphor added to the language at the end of the incident with a meaning similar to "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, likely intended to signify a new bond forged between the Tamarians and the Federation)
# "Gilgamesh and Enkidu at Uruk" (Picard's metaphor about ancient Babylonian legends from Earth)
# "Ri and Jiri at Lunga. Ri of Luwani, Luwani under two moons. Jiri, of Umbaya. Umbaya of crossed roads, at Lunga. Lunga, her sky grey" (greeting, recalling how the representatives of two peoples met together in council at a third location)
# "Darmok on the ocean." (Alone, isolated)
# "Darmok and Jalad on the ocean. (To befriend, as in joined by a shared struggle)