Alien lexicon
Vekhol
First contact 2168 · partial lexicon · 2 words recorded
Pulsed electromagnetic communication at 1/40 human conversational pace. Single transmissions can take 2-4 hours.
A non-human tongue with recorded vocabulary.
Physiology
Multi-limbed, anaerobic respiration, ~320 Earth-year lifespan. Low-light adapted.
Structure
Mathematical-symbolic compression. Slow-rate transmission requires automated buffering for human exchange.
Contact protocol
Pulse-mediated exchange; two- to four-hour utterance cycles.
Recorded vocabulary
The words characters deliberately leave untranslated, because the not-translating is the point.
Grief-debt
Renders as
“The cost we have not yet paid (device approximation)”
What it actually means
Species-level reckoning of harmonic-array engagement cost. The Vekhol carry their own Wound-cost ledger at the species layer.
Kelvath-shorel
Renders as
“Layered cone (device approximation)”
What it actually means
Vekhol tactical formation that does not map cleanly to human geometric concepts. First failed concept-mapping at S9B5 Day 52 14:48 Junction 40-G.