Apparently, a Hoka willfully forgets any information that is inconsistent with his current role even if it might have been helpful. When Hector mutters that "Dzenko" is "'...nae true Scots name...'," (p. 44) Charlie improvises that Dzenko must be a Lowlander:
"'Lowlander?' For a second the Hoka frowned, as if he were about to be Bertram and declare that Dzenko was not a name from anywhere on Earth. Luckily, however, he recalled that he was Hector, who didn't know any better. 'Aye, nae doot, syne your Hieness says so.'" (pp. 44-45)
Again:
"He sighed. 'If ainly I'd wits tae help ye twa plot! I'm nobbut a rough, unlettered Hielander, though, wi' naught tae offer save his steel and bluid.'" (p. 45)
P. 46 presents a three-senses list-description of the interior of a New Lemurian castle.
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Kaor, Paul!
And of course the general run of Hokas were VERY intelligent beings!
Sean
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