{"id":1940,"date":"2018-10-13T13:38:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-13T17:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2018-10-15T21:05:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T01:05:26","slug":"284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2018\/10\/13\/284\/","title":{"rendered":"#284"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cfb_284.jpg?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\"\/><figcaption>July 10, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Bismuth Building, in the Midirian capital, is inspired on synthetically created <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bismuth\" target=\"_blank\">bismuth<\/a> crystals<\/li><li>Zaz was forced by the Imperial Inspectorate to carry a scruton, which Shiraadh destroyed in #<a href=\"#209\">209<\/a>, and which was recording and monitoring what Zaz saw and felt, for the Midirian Empire (the &#8220;Imperial Debt&#8221;)<br\/><\/li><li>Could &#8220;I come from the mountains&#8221; be a code phrase, or is the Inspectorate reacting to the Quondrian Questioneer making a declarative statement (before his throat is slit)?<\/li><li>Who is the Questioneer?\u00a0 <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTES The Bismuth Building, in the Midirian capital, is inspired on synthetically created bismuth crystals Zaz was forced by the Imperial Inspectorate to carry a scruton, which Shiraadh destroyed in #209, and which was recording and monitoring what Zaz saw and felt, for the Midirian Empire (the &#8220;Imperial Debt&#8221;) Could &#8220;I come from the mountains&#8221; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2018\/10\/13\/284\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;#284&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notations","tag-midiria-saga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8Bl7P-284","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2009,"url":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2018\/11\/12\/314\/","url_meta":{"origin":1940,"position":0},"title":"#314","author":"Matty Boy","date":"November 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"February 12, 2017 NOTES The Questioneer speaks a Dread Conundrum to his doppelg\u00e4nger, revealed to be Daemir DaggerbiteDread Conundrums are questions or revelations that\u00a0break the integrity of the Narrative;\u00a0Daemir was able to see and breathe in the Questioneer mask until questioned about it, like a cartoon character that runs off\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notations","link":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/category\/pages\/notations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cfb_314.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cfb_314.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cfb_314.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/cfb_314.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1793,"url":"https:\/\/ceaselessfables.com\/cfb\/2018\/08\/11\/222\/","url_meta":{"origin":1940,"position":1},"title":"#222","author":"Matty Boy","date":"August 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"NOTES Bouldershade, the gigantic prison on Smisland, references a prison from the film\u00a0Papillon\u00a0(1973) Riv was seen with Zaz in #128; 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