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Also, inspired by the soap opera in the waiting room, I may just have introduced the concept of the ‘holonovela’ to my story’s universe. (I apologize for terrible abuse of the Spanish language and promise I’ll clean it up if I use this bit. Poe Dameron will not be your objectified stereotypical Space Latino, if such a thing could be imagined.)
Rey put on a serious face and said, “Si no recibimos la herencia de tu padre nos moriremos de hambre!”
Poe’s eyebrows rose slowly. Then, suddenly, he laughed, a great big sincere laugh, like she hadn’t heard out of him in a long time, maybe ever. “I know what that’s from,” he said. “It’s that godawful holonovela that everybody watched.”
“Amor Condenado,” Rey said. “I had seven episodes on a broken datapad and I watched them until I had it memorized. I don’t actually speak whatever language it is, but I know some very useful phrases. Mi desentegrador es descompuesto!”
Poe laughed until he had to lean against the cabinet, and slid down to sit on the floor. “Mi desentegrador es descompuesto,” he repeated, wheezing a little.
“Did I say it wrong?” Rey asked, leaning out of her seat to see him better.
“No,” he said, “no, ha dicho perfectamente, you said it perfectly.” He sighed, and she giggled, which set him off again, little hitching laughs. “Mi desentegrador es descompuesto!”
“Es descompuesto,” Rey said. “It means not working, right?”
“Si,” he said, still giggling.
“That means yes,” she said.
“Yes,” he said. “Ah. Hoo boy. So you watched this until you memorized it but you had no idea what they were saying?”
“I don’t even know what language it is,” Rey said. “Clearly you speak it, so I’m sorry if it seems like I’m making fun of it, I guess it’s your language, but–”
“Iberican,” Poe said. “My mother and father both spoke it. A lot of us did where I grew up. It’s fairly common in some areas. It’s kind of related to Basic, it’s not hard to pick up. And for some reason they make a lot of holonovelas in it and everybody watches them with translator chips. It drives me crazy, I always pull the chips out so I can hear it properly and then everybody gets mad at me because I forget to put them back.”
Also, inspired by the soap opera in the waiting room, I may just have introduced the concept of the ‘holonovela’ to my story’s universe. (I apologize for terrible abuse of the Spanish language and promise I’ll clean it up if I use this bit. Poe Dameron will not be your objectified stereotypical Space Latino, if such a thing could be imagined.)
Rey put on a serious face and said, “Si no recibimos la herencia de tu padre nos moriremos de hambre!”
Poe’s eyebrows rose slowly. Then, suddenly, he laughed, a great big sincere laugh, like she hadn’t heard out of him in a long time, maybe ever. “I know what that’s from,” he said. “It’s that godawful holonovela that everybody watched.”
“Amor Condenado,” Rey said. “I had seven episodes on a broken datapad and I watched them until I had it memorized. I don’t actually speak whatever language it is, but I know some very useful phrases. Mi desentegrador es descompuesto!”
Poe laughed until he had to lean against the cabinet, and slid down to sit on the floor. “Mi desentegrador es descompuesto,” he repeated, wheezing a little.
“Did I say it wrong?” Rey asked, leaning out of her seat to see him better.
“No,” he said, “no, ha dicho perfectamente, you said it perfectly.” He sighed, and she giggled, which set him off again, little hitching laughs. “Mi desentegrador es descompuesto!”
“Es descompuesto,” Rey said. “It means not working, right?”
“Si,” he said, still giggling.
“That means yes,” she said.
“Yes,” he said. “Ah. Hoo boy. So you watched this until you memorized it but you had no idea what they were saying?”
“I don’t even know what language it is,” Rey said. “Clearly you speak it, so I’m sorry if it seems like I’m making fun of it, I guess it’s your language, but–”
“Iberican,” Poe said. “My mother and father both spoke it. A lot of us did where I grew up. It’s fairly common in some areas. It’s kind of related to Basic, it’s not hard to pick up. And for some reason they make a lot of holonovelas in it and everybody watches them with translator chips. It drives me crazy, I always pull the chips out so I can hear it properly and then everybody gets mad at me because I forget to put them back.”
