Re: AtD translation: that’s a whole range of luxury items right there

[Mike Jing]

My specific question was about the part quoted in the subject line: "that’s
a whole range of luxury items right there." I think I understand it better
now.

Thanks for the explanation, David and Joseph.


On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 1:28 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes.  Yash responds to Kit’s statement of Vectorism’s “practical
> abstinence” with “But [there’s all these distractions, too!]”. Because Yash
> is also a vectorist, and she’s pointing out that SHE has not been required
> to practice abstinence.  And Kit shoots  back, “helps being easy on the
> eyeballs, no doubt.”
>
> And, of course the whole conversation is laden with the unstated
> temptation they both find in each other.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 1:01 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
>> The "But … “ paragraph  is Yashmeen taliking as far as I can tell.( there
>> is a paragraph change coming after Kit speaks and  before "But… " and
>> another following in which is Kit speaking again).   She is respoding to
>> his version of himself as”pretty practical” and that his focus on Vectors
>> did not allow much luxury including sexual indulgence. In other words,
>> Yashmeen wonders if he, like her, was distracted despite his mathematical
>> devotion,  there always being something or someone to distract. It sounds
>> like Yashmeen is disclosing her own extra-curricular distractions and
>> fishing for sexual interest and Kit is very interested but wary.
>>
>> > On Jan 23, 2022, at 12:51 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > P668.18-22   “No money in Vectors,” he blurted, “that’s a whole range of
>> > luxury items right there. Abstinence takes care of itself, pretty much.”
>> >       “But there was no end to the distraction. Did you expect quite so
>> > much? I didn’t. There always seemed to be something.” She glanced his
>> way,
>> > experimentally. “Someone.”
>> >
>> > What is Kit talking about in this sentence?
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