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Meduse
Moojh-ha ki-bira is the Meduse method of killing many people at once; they infiltrate a ship and with their poisonous stingers, kill everyone in an instant. It’s a Khoush term that means “great wave,” as the Meduse move like water when they fight.
Moojh-ha ki-bira Quotes in Binti
The Binti quotes below are all either spoken by Moojh-ha ki-bira or refer to Moojh-ha ki-bira. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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In my culture, it is blasphemy to pray to inanimate objects, but I did it anyway. I prayed to a metal even my father had been unable to identify. I held it to my chest, shut my eyes, and I prayed to it, I am in your protection. Please protect me.
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We’d all been taught this Meduse form of killing in history class. The Khoush built the lessons into history, literature, and culture classes across several regions. Even my people were required to learn about it, despite the fact that it wasn’t our fight. The Khoush expected everyone to remember their greatest enemy and injustice. They even worked Meduse anatomy and rudimentary technology into mathematics and science classes.
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Moojh-ha ki-bira Term Timeline in Binti
The timeline below shows where the term Moojh-ha ki-bira appears in Binti. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...it to protect her again. Everyone else is dead. The Meduse’s method is known as moojh-ha ki-bira , a term that Binti knows even though it’s a Khoush term. Binti and her...
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