5.
“That's
one big-time icy doughnut, Baby-cakes,” said Grogan. He peeled the
kumquat-flavored tissue off of his tongue and flicked it away. It
fluttered off on a breeze that neither he nor Rosalyn could feel, but
believe you me (as some would say), they knew it was there. People
seem to be hyper-sensitive around the Waycheeda Glacier, and they
sense everything's presence, even if there is no sensory data to tip
them off.
A word
about the Waycheeda Glacier before we go any further. The name is
quite curious, and it shows up in print with different spellings and
different forms. “Way-chee-dah” was apparently the name that the
ancient inhabitants of Bezelda gave to themselves. It means
something like “people in search of cocktails”. The ancient
inhabitants resettled there by means of time and space travel – all
of the prehistoric Bezeldans or “Way-chee-dah” came from Detroit.
Detroit,
Michigan, that is. They were the smart ones who knew enough to get
the hell out.
“Waycheeda
Glacier” is the official spelling on government documents and on
maps. Maps and newspapers up until the 1950's (in the earthling
manner of marking years) most often hyphenated the name:
“Way-cheeda”, and sometimes “glacier” was left uncapitalized.
Bezeldans who live near the glacier sometimes just call it “the
'cheeda”, and the guides who take paid expeditions atop the glacier
for backpacking, picnicking, and sex usually refer to it as “The
Ol' Doughnut.”
Now
that you know these details, we shall now attempt to refer to the
glacier from this point on in the manner of the Bezeldan Tourism
Council and the official government appellation: “Waycheeda
Glacier.”
Rab-klaat.
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