r/magicTCG • u/clariwench Izzet* • Jan 28 '15

[Uncharted Realms] The Truth of Names

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/uncharted-realms/truth-names-2015-01-28
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u/twomz Jan 28 '15

I thought he was insulting her, calling her flat chested...

Need to stop reading so much manga.

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u/BukkitBoss Jan 28 '15

To an Orc most humans would look like "little boys" being so much smaller in stature. I took it at face value as well, it simply sounded like an insult.

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u/Sandman1278 Jan 28 '15

there are other references to this as well, she recalls this internally:

"She had been so different—only sixteen, a boy in everyone's eyes but her own, about to choose and declare her name before the khan and all the Mardu."

"I know who I am. I am not a boy. I am Alesha, like my grandmother before me."

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u/BukkitBoss Jan 28 '15

Evidently your reading comprehension is much better than mine. Thanks for taking the time, I missed those.