The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

The hum in their ideology is the Korean word minjok, which they would translate for us as “nationality,” but is much closer in the way they use it to race.

Enter Magee Mor Matthew, a rugged rough rugheaded kern, in strossers with a buttoned codpiece, his nether stocks bemired with clauber of ten forests, a wand of wilding in his hand.

These talking sticks appear to have been made according to some conventional design known among the tribes using them.