tirimid
2025-09-27
The Caver
A Novel

Preface

Note to the reader

In the English language, it is traditional for dialogue between two characters to be written like this:

"That's my thing!" Said A.

"What? No! It's mine! I literally invented it!" Responded B.

"Since when," he leaned in, "that's ridiculous."

"I'm basically John Thing, man."

However, I think this looks — frankly — crap, and I don't like it. Dialogue (and speech generally) is written in the below document in a way more similar to how it is in other languages, such as Russian. Here's that same example dialogue in the used style:

— That's my thing! — Said A.

— What? No! It's mine! I literally invented it! — Responded B.

— Since when, — he leaned in, — that's ridiculous.

— I'm basically John Thing, man.

Do not be confused by this in the following text. It's nothing special, just speech or dialogue.

This work by tirimid is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0