#umina

Thus, in a matter of seconds, she leapt toward the woman, attempting to immediately drag her tongue across her cheek. However, Ult was faster—he seized the back of her dress & yanked her toward him mid-lunge.

" Awww. . . I was almost there! " Umina whined, her feet barely brushing the ground as she dangled like a puppy caught by the scruff. " Umina. I have stated this approximately 17 times: do not lick strangers. Correction—do not lick anyone. "

He then set Umina down, & she immediately went limp, throwing herself dramatically onto the ground. Ah—a tantrum, quite common when she doesn't get her way. His gaze then redirected toward the woman. " Please excuse the disruption. Umina's social compliance module is still undergoing iterative refinement. "

She freezes in place; her blue eyes wide open. The external observes could probably assume it is because the situation that reveals in front of her eyes. But it is not why Nunnally is so astonished. It’s the feeling…she hasn’t had it for so long… For years…? No! but it feels like that. It’s familiar; and yet so odd that she doesn’t know what to do with it. No, she doesn’t like it; it’s like someone (something) trying to pry into her soul; bringing the memories (emotions) she’d like to forget. Yet, the feeling is oddly fascinating (warm). And Nunnally misses it sometimes.

But why has it come back? Why now?

The odd words spoken by the man bring Nunnally back to reality. The girl (she’s so pretty!) now lying on the ground; throwing a tantrum. Nunnally smiles. Her actions do not seem to work on the man. Umina. Oh, that’s a beautiful name! Nunnally likes unusual names. The boy. The man. He speaks so weirdly. As if he were not a human. Nunnally smiles; tantrums have never worked on her father, so she is going to ignore Umina as well. Her companion (are they siblings?) also do not seem surprised; like he is used to her odd behavior.

“So, did she want to lick me?” – she finally addresses the man – “But why? I am sure I am not tasty?” – that is a foolish joke. Nunnally has no sense of humour; they say. So, why does Nunnally still attempt to joke? – “But will she be all right?” – she should ignore Umina, but Nunnally has issues to do it. They are causing a commotion, and Nunnally hates bringing attention to herself. She likes being unnoticeable; almost invisible. That is what her life is all about, and she cannot say she’d like to change it.

“You…you don’t need to worry about…the disruption.” – Nunnally stands up – “After all you’ve…saved me…” – another poor joke – “Is it some kind of a game that you are playing…? You speak in such a…” – funny – “…unusual way…”

“Hi Umina…” – she finally gives up – “I am Nunnally.” – she knows she is making a mistake, but she truly cannot stand "the disruption" any more – “They serve a perfect cinnamon milk here….”

“Would that be okay, if I get her a glass?” – she looks at the man again; he seemed to be Umina’s guardian… Is that not so?

Pearl beach. 💦🫧🪸🐚

I completely forgot to check, but the Star Jasmine exotic ship that you get for completing each of the bosses in Master Wellspring originally came out with the wrong lore tab attached to it. They said they'll have a fix for that but I forgot to keep checking until today when I got the ship and remembered.

And oh boy, they did fix the lore tab.

First! New character! Umiña is a character we haven't seen before and apparently she's a Lightbearer whose ship Savathun borrowed (? stole?) and used to transport herself and Osiris off the Moon (? unclear on the timeline). Umiña comments on Osiris being in the ship so I would assume this is immediately post Immolant.

It could also be somewhat later after Savathun realised she needed more than just Osiris.

U: Is that… Osiris! Osiris, can you hear me?

S: Reverence, please, child. He is the first to see this realm.

U: What did you do to him?

S: He merely sleeps to dream a better world… one that I awaken to make reality.

It appears that Savathun is taking them to the Throne World.

First thing I wanted to check is the name "Umiña" because there's always some meaning to the names. The name is from Peru in the Quechua language and it means "emerald." Two things: it being a South American name might further imply that the City and the Traveler are in South America.

Another thing: don't much like that. Emerald has consistently been connected with descriptions of Xivu Arath and her court. I went into details about it here. Many thoughts.

Also, yet another proof that Savathun was not possessing Osiris; he was put to sleep and kept somewhere (in the throne world?). Just like emphasising that over and over.

U: —some kind of fountain?

S: It is the trough at which gods gorge.

U: And you're going to feed me to them there?

S: Nothing so dramatic, Lightbearer. You will be a scent. A texture. An added detail no one would notice, but whose absence would be felt. After all, one cannot cast a shadow without Light.

U: But… with Osiris's Light… Wait! Are you saying Sagira is gone?! Then he doesn't have—

//REBOOTING//

Going insane about this rn. Again, unclear about the timeline here, but this seems to be at the time of Savathun building/re-building her throne world. The fountain they refer to is most likely the Wellspring (since the ship is a reward for doing Wellspring). Apparently it needed "Light" as a "scent" to draw things to it. Which makes sense since we know from other in-game voice lines that enemies and allies alike are drawn to the Wellspring and fight over it.

Here's the full playlist of all voice line about the Wellspring. In essence, the Wellspring is a source of Light for the Hive in the throne world. Scorn want it destroyed, Hive need it protected. We also needed it protected because it was used to trap Rhulk inside the Pyramid and we didn't want anything to escape it.

Apparently, in order for the Wellspring to function, Savathun needed a "scent" of Light. And the final line in that paragraph I don't understand and it's driving me insane. Umiña makes a comment about Osiris' Light before stopping herself and then asking if Sagira is gone. It seems like Umiña didn't know about Sagira until then and assumed that Savathun would be using his Light.

But she has things to say about his Light and never finishes the sentence. What is different about his Light? What is it, Bungie. What is going on. Was Osiris the initial power of the Wellspring and was then fully drained of whatever he had left? And he couldn't power it up more since Sagira was gone? Did Savathun need him in his "dreaming" state to create the throne world?

He merely sleeps to dream a better world… one that I awaken to make reality.

This would explain why she needed him alive. I'm losing my mind.

U: —what you're saying is true, then we're on the same side!

S: No, child. We work to the same ends. Our roads are quite different.

U: You don't have to do this.

S: An end must be reached. A journey chosen. We are not all of us burdened by the comforting lie of false sacrifice.

U: Please—

S: All I require is to relieve you of that burden.

//REBOOTING//

Once again, unclear on the timeline here, but she talks about "relieving" Umiña of the "burden of sacrifice." Whatever that means.

I want to point out that this isn't some sort of a lie made up by Savathun because we have these lines due to the ship's recording system and sensors. Savathun found the sensors and then disposed of it which is how we got it, which is the final line of the lore tab. So it can't be manufactured.