diff --git a/2026-01-26.md b/2026-01-26.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cac2dd --- /dev/null +++ b/2026-01-26.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +--- +id: +aliases: [] +title: 2026-01-26 +tags: + - authorship/original + - destiny/permanent + - status/draft + - type/daily +dg-publish: true +--- +# 2026-01-26 + +## 2026-01-26 06:48 + +### BLAME! Coelacanth + +BLAME! Master Edition, Volume 4 + +After being separated from Kyrii, +and just before meeting Dhomochevsky and Iko, +Cibo sees a coelacanth, which she looks at longingly. + +![[blame-vol4_coelacanth.png|300]] + +The fish appears again +just before Dhomochevsky finds Iko trapped +and Cibo attacks him to take her things +and flee to find Kyrii. + +Coelacanth are called "living fossils" +on account of their evolutionary conservatism, +and are individually long-lived at around a century. +They are ugly if not frightening creatures, +but they are not known for being aggressive or dangerous. + +The coelacanth is probably Kyrii +since he fits old and scary, +but it's a unexpected symbol: + +* for Kyrii because coelacanth aren't known for being aggressive or dangerous, + which he is shown to be in spades just before their separation, + +* and for Cibo's condition because there's no time pressure. + She is determined to get back to him as soon as possible, + so you'd expect a bear in a trap or a rat in a cage sort of symbol. + +The symbol shows Cibo's feelings about Kyrii: + +* She does not believe that he is dangerous to her. +* She does not believe he is in danger. +* She regrets being apart from him, or maybe only that he is alone. diff --git a/blame-vol4_coelacanth.png b/blame-vol4_coelacanth.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1b5f8e Binary files /dev/null and b/blame-vol4_coelacanth.png differ