more spiral racial politics: why are the only characters we struggle to communicate with
1. the polynesians who are platypi for some reason
2. one scottish friar
3. the Way of the Ninja Pig master who needs a whole translator
like, we understand everyone we meet cause magic or whatever. sure. my willing suspension of disbelief accepts it even if it hurts my linguist heart. but then why have exceptions? what makes these characters so fundamentally different from literally everyone else?















