Lexicon:Modern/Neska
| Neska | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnes.ka/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | from Middle neskā, from Proto neska |
| Related words | Gyrska, Chirska, Vennek |
Neska — the store hunter. Long-bodied and spotted, with a ringed tail longer than the rest of it.
Notes
Low, sinuous, and built to follow a thing into wherever it has gone rather than wait at the entrance. Climbs well, prefers to sleep high, and is generally noticed only when it chooses to be. Kept in granaries, warehouses and dockside stores — large fixed buildings where it has room to keep to itself, which it does. It attaches to a place rather than a person, tolerates handling on its own terms, and is not a companion. Nobody keeps a Neska for company and nobody pretends otherwise. The reason a city’s stores are not eaten from the inside. A warehouse without one is a warehouse with a Chirska problem, and every keeper knows it. Engineered pre-Fall as a counter to the Chirska. The body plan, the climbing, and the attachment to a place rather than a person are all designed — you want the hunter to stay in the granary.