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"ah," said harrowhark "yes, book sixteen." and, presently "i think bone frenzy might be a term open to coarse misinterpretation." paragraph break. better death by the drawn sword, and better the death of the knucklebone. there was only one trigger to drive ortus nigenad so comprehensibly beserk, and she had forgotten that it was not a trigger to use lightly. ortus primly said he thought that nobody who read the Noniad would be the sort of churl who would misread a simple and evocative collocation like bone frenzy, he went on to suggest that such a person probably didnt even read in the first place, and would be more inclined to trifle with purient magazines or pamphlets than to bother themselves with a complex epic such as the noniad, he said that he wouldnt want such a person to read his poetry anyway.ALT

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losing my shit because this. this is about Gideon!!! Gideon gave Ortus shit for his poetry having phrases like “bone frenzy”. Gideon is an avid fan of prurient magazines and pamphlets. Gideon is exactly the sort of churl who would misread a simple evocation and i love her for it


thinking abt Harrow and Gideon hating each other but striking a wary armistice to shit on Ortus’ poetry (poor Ortus :( ). thinking abt a teenage Gideon absolutley delighting in making Ortus spitting mad by interpreting his poetry in the most egregiously sexual ways possible. thinking abt Gideon and Ortus both picking up their shipments of Reading Material – dirty magazines for Gideon, long poetic epics and Literature™ for Ortus – and trying desperately not to acknowledge the other.