GR translation: herself full of ancient title

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Thu Nov 27 06:10:12 UTC 2025


V656.1-4, P669.4-7   She comes riding into town on a stolen bicycle: a
white kerchief at her crown, fluttering behind in points, a distinguished
emissary from a drained and captured land, herself full of ancient title,
but nothing in the way of usable power, not even a fantasy of it.

In what sense is the word "title" used here? The published translation
interpreted it as "right" or "privilege", which doesn't seem right to me.


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