On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:47 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin@gmail.com> wrote:
On 12 September 2017 at 20:42, qurgh lungqIj <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun@gmail.com> wrote:
No, him pointing to the light was public knowledge. He did so in public, in front of everyone, which is why people were motivated to travel to that light and build a monastery. That he made the first betleH out of hair and lava was the big secret.
vaHbo' jIb je lo' qeylIS.
Ahh. HIvqa' veqlargh! I thought it was common knowledge that he made the first batleth in that way. I guess it was just common knowledge that he made it in general, although saying he used hair and lava doesn't actually explain how he made it!
pegh'a'? paq'batlhDaq lutvam laDlaH vay' jay'.
Well, all the texts of the paq'batlh we have (and all the things we know about Klingon after TKD) post-date the arrival of the clone of Kahless, when the story was okay to make public. Maybe in olden times the priests just left that part out with a "[...n lines missing...]" and a shrug. (It wouldn't be the worst explanation a sci-fi story has used to cover up plot holes.)