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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They went down to the planet and enslaved the ants that live there.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I understood that reference.

[–] P1k1e 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not before the ants danced at a rock

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I might need to split my mind in two and wait a thousand years to get this one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It was a common Understanding

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Portia approves of this message.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You’ll have to remind me, was that the leader or the rebel?

EDIT: Wait, without looking it up, I just realized they only gave a name to the leader. Is that right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She was the main character, she was a high priest, warrior who "defeated" the ants, hunter, etc. Portia was the name given to the main guy of the story.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, but isn’t that name passed down? It has been a while since I read Children of Time (haven’t read the rest of the series). I swear there are multiple spiders over the span of the plot that are given the name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I think it's the name given by the author for the reader's sake and not their "real" name. I think he says in the beginning, let's call her portia . Their names are said in taps of their limbs. And are probably different for different portia over the history of the series. I may be mistaken.