Well, none of the commenters explicitly mentioned the relevance of ‘second order’ and ‘comprehend’, and some gave indications they didn’t notice those hidden puns. Personally, I read the author’s note before the chapters themselves so I knew it was coming, but I believe I would have noticed it anyways. However, I didn’t recognize the name Paris until after looking it up.
I mentioned that I laughed aloud at the hydra joke. the actual specific point which I laughed out loud at though, was the “second order, iterate” part. It was just so… appropriate, if out of context and only that way due to the speaker’s accent.
OK, I got those puns, but didn’t get the hydra reference (I’d never heard of them), and I spent some time trying to figure out what they were related to.
Well, none of the commenters explicitly mentioned the relevance of ‘second order’ and ‘comprehend’, and some gave indications they didn’t notice those hidden puns. Personally, I read the author’s note before the chapters themselves so I knew it was coming, but I believe I would have noticed it anyways. However, I didn’t recognize the name Paris until after looking it up.
I mentioned that I laughed aloud at the hydra joke. the actual specific point which I laughed out loud at though, was the “second order, iterate” part. It was just so… appropriate, if out of context and only that way due to the speaker’s accent.
OK, I got those puns, but didn’t get the hydra reference (I’d never heard of them), and I spent some time trying to figure out what they were related to.