We're not lost. We're locationally challenged

The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms.

We're not lost. We're locationally challenged

Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction.

There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.

Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.