Aldani Claw-Trial Oath

The words spoken by the claw-bearers Moolak and Blugalug during Bonzo’s ownership trial in the Aldani village.

Lyrics / Transcription

Only a true Aldani can consume many aged monkfish.

You will have one hour, starting at the clap of my next claw, to eat one hundred aged monkfish. To fail is to lose the claw forever.

After the declared total of 109:

The claw is true. The claw is true, and it is yours.

Transcript-derived excerpts, approximately 02:37:48–02:38:24 and 02:47:34–02:47:49. Repeated response lines are consolidated; “many” is uncertain in the ASR. The verdict accompanied the claw’s transformation, not a second separate trial.

Source: Session 17

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