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When the first humans found the gleaming planet of Dynae they found an inhabited world full of various alien species. In an attempt to establish a universal planetary language, the human crews constructed a concise and easily teachable tongue. To do so, a limited selection of phonemes and a concise grammatical structure allowed for easy adoption by some native Dynaeans. As foremost an oral language, some species were unable to replicate even the reduced sounds. Over several centuries of mixed use, Dynaean Pidgin has drifted and evolved. Mostly spoken by the human populations, a significant influence from Maori and other Polynesian languages have expanded the sounds of the language. Several sapient species such as the [[Strigo]] have also added to the phonology of and created several dialects.

 

Bleed users, known as Lenses, and the phenomena of the [[Bleed]] are fairly uncommon among the Tahora Whai. The secrets and arcane rituals of Lenses from Dynae were lost during the [[Dynae#The_Great_Cataclysm|devastation of the planet]]. Use of the Dynaean word for Lenses fell out of practice and was effectively lost. Through [[Tahora Whai#Link Day|the incorporation of new folk into the Whai]], Lenses have joined the Whai. Vāk connections with Bleed users are often muted or muffled out of an overwhelming caution for all parties. As such, there is mild trepidation and overwhelming curiosity regarding the Bleed among non-users.