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The Lamenti

Empaths who feel what others feel, and can pass those feelings along.

Mimsa from orbit. Development art.

HomeworldMimsa

RegionThalme

CultureA culture of therapists, matchmakers, and manipulators. Every conversation is a negotiation.

ReputationWarm, attentive, and exhausting.

If you visitMimsa is tearful and fragrant, and every room carries a mood.

Story hookA Lamenti who enjoys other people's pain is a villain with a sweet voice.

Abigail's notebookDon't say anything. They've got it. "You're loud," one said to me on the Queue, kindly, with the petals on my side closing up, and I wasn't saying a thing. I'd only been thinking.

Lamenti body study: front, side and back views — Lamenti body study. Development art; bodies are still in review, so a picture may not match every word yet.

Six possible individuals

How different can one people look?

Every person in a people has a body of their own. These are painted studies of how far the Lamenti can stretch: tall, tiny, wide, long-limbed, odd. Explorations, not final designs.