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A lore bits related to Tau reproduction (from Fire Warrior novel)
"Tyra had to admit that her beauty — legendary throughout the ship — was enough to drive any male to consider breaking caste.
He quashed the thought with an embarrassed cough, wondering vaguely when his next summons from the Propagation Department would arrive. The Fio’os back on T’au, preoccupied with ‘optimum genetic compatibility’, orchestrated inter-caste couplings without prejudice or emotion, but still…
Tyra found himself musing enviously upon which lucky por’el male would discover his name beside that of El’Yis’ten on the summons form. He snapped himself from the reverie with a guilty wince as she began to speak."
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She isn't good at listening she needs visual lessons lol
I find it funny he doesn't think humans find bonds beyond their lovers. She was in the guard, if you can't trust the ones beside you in the trenches, your unit isn't lasting long...
Oh he does know. He’s just talking about a lover’s bond here, since the topic was reproduction. I guess it was confusing because I don’t think the Tau have a word that really maps to the human idea of a romantic partnership, bonding (through Ta'Lissera ritual) is probably the closest term, which is what he's talking about here
sneaky little detail on page 4 with the Tau standing on a rock/hill so they are higher up then the other races in the Tau
항상 좋은 그림을 그려주셔서 감사합니다!
Father and Daughter Birds and Bees Talk
I feel like this is building up to him deciding whether to sacrifice her or not at some point.
Last page with a minor spelling mistake, "understad." I just woke up so imagining him having these words and just botching understand was hilarious. But I will say the idea of having sex to form bonds with any other Tau is interesting. But I like to imagine them also just having orgies sometimes because you can do the same thing. I say this not because I'm some horny gooner, I realize now that was a weird thing to say. I say that because I learned in anthropology that there was a primate group that had group orgies to bond all the members closer together.
Maybe some humans will learn to live in happy polycules or such.
.. Wait a minute this implies things about gramps Good for him I suppose
In the grimdark of the far future, there are no happy endings. BTW, in the 4th comic, last panel, it's supposed to be Galgs, not "Glags": https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Galgs
I swear I misspell that every time I write Galg (I just misspelled it again before I fixed it smh 🤦♂️)
This is so beautiful yet bittersweet.
Oh he's trying
I love how he becomes so much more considerate of the Auxilliary races. That slap from the fire warrior woman might have made him more open to the other xenos and he uses it to serve the greater good even better, welcoming Mara into Tau‘va with his wisdom and reassurance