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   * **Language (The Franco-Shipyard Dialect):** Because roughly 70% of the first generation of stowaways spoke French as a first or second language, the grammatical backbone and core vocabulary of the Blues is a heavily degraded, whispered French. Over generations, it condensed into a clipped, urgent dialect built for the mechanical dark.
-  * **English Loanwords & Signage Mythology:** They also incorporated English words, but because these were lifted directly from the ship's maintenance signage or fleeting encounters with the "Others," the meanings drifted dramatically. To the Blues, these are not just directions; they are abstract concepts. For example, the phrase "Upper Deck" does not mean a physical location to them—it means the concept of assimilation or becoming an "Other."
+  * **English Loanwords & Signage Mythology:** They also incorporated English words, but because these were lifted directly from the ship's maintenance signage or fleeting encounters with the "Others," the meanings drifted dramatically. To the Blues, these are not just directions; they are abstract concepts. For example, the phrase "Upper Deck" does not mean a physical location to them — it means the concept of assimilation or becoming an "Other."
   * **Beliefs and Myths:** GAIA — the ship’s governing AI — transformed in their lore into Mère-Lumière (The Light Mother), a mysterious being who “breathes for all decks” and decides who is allowed to live in the light. To the Blues, GAIA’s sensors were eyes, and the ventilation system her voice. Children were warned never to cry near vents, “lest Mère-Lumière hear.”