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Why couldn't the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?

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[–] Glyphord@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My head cannon is that it’s being interpreted by Mouth who is adding his own artistic flair to the text. So the “ye” this and that are just him playing around with the words.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Him playing around makes sense the first time he's translating the Spanish in the attic. It makes less sense when he keeps doing it after they're running for their lives from the Fratelli's, dodging booby traps and are facing yet another trap that is a full pipe organ made of human bones. And he's clearly scared when he translates it. But, maybe he just has weird defense mechanisms, I don't know.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maybe he was just committed to the bit by that point.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

We've all been guilty of carrying the bit too long before