GR translation: suspect is known as a notorious ctenophile

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 23:42:50 UTC 2022


It’s a mock-report “voice.”  The suspect is Roger.

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 1:49 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was asking because the published translation specified the "suspect" was
> female, implying it being Jessica, while I thought the "ctenophile" refers
> to Roger himself, and the term "suspect" is from the point of view of the
> military police. Am I making any sense?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 1:28 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > V123.16-18, P125.28-30   “Uh, Jessie, please get dressed, um, would you
> > love?” Making a show of looking for his comb which is, as usual, lost,
> > suspect is known as a notorious ctenophile . . .
> >
> > Does the "suspect" refer to Roger himself, or is it somebody else?
> >
> >
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