skituations

I would give an arm and maybe a leg to see the PHM characters in your artstyle (no pressure)

The fact that they were walking 1-3mph

“It looks so simple, those deceptively plain, impersonal verb forms: “Placetne, magistra?” “Does it please [thee], Mistress?” “Placet.” “It pleases.” But of course, it is not simple, and this is what simple Latin is for. Whereas we use impersonal verb forms like “It’s raining” or “it’s hot” for boring things like the weather (while Germans, more correctly, say “it’s hot to me,”) Latin has a maddening habit of expressing opinions and even feelings with impersonal verbs like placet, “it pleases,” a verb which is always impersonal in form while talking about personal feelings. Peter and Harriet, who have been carrying on an extended conversation about the reconciliation of heart and mind through this entire book, find a Latin word to do the job for them. Magistra is “Mistress” in the sense of Master of Arts, respecting Harriet as a scholar and writer; it is also an honorific for “Lady,” subtly emphasizing her choice and agency in the matter. The -ne at the end of Peter’s question is the sweet part, and the most significant part, and the part that just cannot be translated. Remember that odd Latin word num used to prefix questions when you expect a “no” answer? -ne is its opposite number, a question which confidently expects the answer will be “yes.” That tiny shift from num to -ne sums up a five-year courtship in five letters.”