Sensory Overload On Diomedes

 

A Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows, V.

"Cliffs and crags loomed in darkling solidity, here and there a gnarled tree or a streak of snow tinged pink by a reddish sun high in a purple heaven." (p. 410)

We recognize an overload of colours and immediately look for more sensations. Sure enough, the text continues:

"The wind thrust slow, strong, chill; it had not only an odor but a taste like metal." (ibid.)

So far, four senses. Next:

"A cataract, white and green half a kilometer away, boomed loud through thick air that also shifted the pitch and timbre of every sound." (ibid.)

And that is not all because Kossara feels something else:

"Huddled in her parka, she felt how Diomedes drew on her more heavily than Dennitza, nearly two kilograms added to every ten." (ibid.)

Are the sense of balance and the sensation of gravity additional senses?

(We have said all this before but in a slightly different way. See Five Senses On Diomedes.)