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-A comparison of the [[takma:|takmar]] and the [[xtauh:|xtauh]] is probably worth musing upon, not only as the two most prominent sophont species on [[avishraa:|Avishraa]] but as very closely related species. There are a number of things that make them different, which are the ones they tend to focus on when interacting with each other, but there are also an awful lot of things they have in common. Let's start with those.
+A comparison of the [[takma:|takmar]] and the [[xtauh:|xtauh]] is probably worth musing upon, not only as the two most prominent sophont species on [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa|Avishraa]] but as very closely related species. There are a number of things that make them different, which are the ones they tend to focus on when interacting with each other, but there are also an awful lot of things they have in common. Let's start with those.
-Both species look pretty similar, and from a distance can be hard to tell apart unless they're right next to each other. They stand, walk, and run the same way. There are on average differences in proportions (more on that later) but they're small enough that it would not be completely weird to see a takma with a xtauh-like body, or vice-versa; there's a significant amount of overlap. They both form [[takma:body-language|facial expressions]] in the same general fashion (but the specifics become very important; see further below). They both have [[takma:body#Olenor|antennae]] for hearing.
+Both species look pretty similar, and from a distance can be hard to tell apart unless they're right next to each other. They stand, walk, and run the same way. There are on average differences in proportions (more on that later) but they're small enough that it would not be completely weird to see a takma with a xtauh-like body, or vice-versa; there's a significant amount of overlap. They both form [[takma:body_language|facial expressions]] in the same general fashion (but the specifics become very important; see further below). They both have [[takma:body#olenor|antennae]] for hearing.
 (Some explanation may be needed on that last point. The antennae of takmar and xtauh are not like insect antennae; they are, instead, long, narrow, and fleshy protuberances with hollow interiors. While not as efficient at picking up faint noises as a human ear would be, they are excellent at triangulation. Two narrow strips of muscle running the length of each antenna allows it to be moved in complicated ways, a fact that plays a heavy role in facial expression.)
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 Takmar and xtauh really do have a lot in common, which probably explains why they relatively frequently try to screw each other. It's not always welcome, but it happens.
-But there are differences as well. The most obvious, physically, is size; xtauh are a good deal smaller than takmar, and on average less stocky and with proportionally larger wings. Xtauh lack the scale type that in takmar [[takma:scales-and-coloration|results in blue-green-purple coloration]] (pairings where the takma partner has this scale type are far less likely to result in living offspring). And, significantly, the antennae of the two species are of different shapes; those of takmar are relatively straight and backwards-swept, while those of xtauh curve out to the sides, down, and back in in loose spirals.
+But there are differences as well. The most obvious, physically, is size; xtauh are a good deal smaller than takmar, and on average less stocky and with proportionally larger wings. Xtauh lack the scale type that in takmar [[takma:scales_and_coloration|results in blue-green-purple coloration]] (pairings where the takma partner has this scale type are far less likely to result in living offspring). And, significantly, the antennae of the two species are of different shapes; those of takmar are relatively straight and backwards-swept, while those of xtauh curve out to the sides, down, and back in in loose spirals.
 This last fact is one of the great contributors to the difficulty that the two species have in interacting. While the components of facial expressions involving the antennae are analogous in both species - the same muscles being used in each case for a happy expression, a surprised one, a fearful one - the differing shapes of their antennae mean that the resulting expressions are often very visually different. To the uneducated observer, which is the vast majority of them, a member of one species is likely to badly misinterpret the expression of a member of the other, if they find it comprehensible at all.