Yes, I think so. And by the Flatness Theorem, then presumably if it's so in Genertela, it's thus everywhere in the Inner World. Which is a slight problem for the intuition, as a day length that "feels right" varies more than a little by "latitude". (One might expect Midnight Suns in Eol summers and little seasonal variation at all on the Pamaltelan plains, for example.)
> Hmm -- it just hit me. If darkness is the conduit for sound, then before
> the Troll Exodus, could Yelm talk? Are those long, long, boring Yelmist
> lituries the result of his tenure in Hell? A curse indeed! ;)
Surely at least in Orlanthi cosmology, the Wind is the conduit for sound? Same problem for the Yelmies, mind you...
> Boy, think of the trollish mockery. "Stoopid hoomans -- invent harp before
> they have sound. What they use it for, cheese slicer?"
*exit, guffawing merrily*
Alex.
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