TFv04 CH 05 The Range (annotated)

Annotations for The Range of Hades.

## Page 117

**Natalie Diaz**

is a Mojave American poet, language activist,
and educator. Quote is from the beginning of her poem (and a poetry collection
of the same name) When My Brother Was an Aztec:

He thought he was

Huitzilopochtli, a god, half-man half-hummingbird.

My parents

at his feet, wrecked honeysuckles, he lowered his swordlike mouth,

gorged on them, draining color until their eyebrows whitened.

**Huitzilopochtli**

In the Aztec religion, Huitzilopochtli, is a Mesoamerican deity of war, sun, human
sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.
He was also the national god of the Mexicas, also known as Aztecs, of Tenochtitlan. Many in the
pantheon of deities of the Aztecs were inclined to have a fondness for a
particular aspect of warfare. However, Huitzilopochtli was known as the primary
god of war in ancient Mexico.
Since he was the patron god of the Mexica, he was credited with both the
victories and defeats that the Mexica people had on the battlefield. The people
had to make sacrifices to him to protect the Aztec from infinite night
(Wikipedia)

## Page 117

**fierros**

irons,
slang for guns

**Fulanos**

fulano - John
Doe, what's-his-name; so-and-so

**gabachos**

gringos,
nonhispanic people

## Page 118

**Mira! Mira!**

Look! Look!

**chalán**

horsedealer, someone dedicated to make deals on purchases
and sales

**cacarea**

cackle

**chato**

flat-nosed

**vato**

man, dude

**no hay fijón**

there is no problem, there is no fix, not important

**cartuchos**

cartridges

## Page 119

**todo el mundo**

everyone, all the
world

**también**

as well, too

**pepos**

peoples

**me cae**

I like

**de seguro**

for sure

**tal vez**

maybe

**sinfónia**

symphony

**censored**

you can guess the name, right?

**Call stack**

In computer science, a call stack is a stack data structure
that stores information about the active subroutines of a computer program. A
call stack is used for several related purposes, but the main reason for having
one is to keep track of the point to which each active subroutine should return
control when it finishes executing. (Wikipedia)

**viejo**

old

## Page 120

**chingón**

badass

**órale vato**

hell yeah dude

**chingue a su**
madre

mother fucker (fuck your mother)

**más ido**

crazier

**zopilote**

buzzard

## Page 121

**marrón y amarillo**

brown and yellow

**ninito**

little boy

**fusca**

pistol

**plomazos**

Plummets

**sediento**

thirsty

**joditos**

fucking, darned, crappy (people)

## Page 122

**destreza**

dexterity, skill

**el perro sucio**

dirty dog

**sin fallo**

without a doubt

**es otra historia**

is another story

## Page 123

9, 6, 7, 8 holes. Together 30 (like the number of chapters
in a Volume).

## Page 124

**se caga de risa**

he shits with laughter

**curándosela**

? curar means cure, heal, treat

**chacal**

jackal

**todos ellos**

all of them

**mi corazón, cabrones**

my heart, assholes

## Page 126

**pero nada para tanto**

? but not too much?

**tranquilo, hermano, tranquilo**

easy, brother, easy

**que vergas**

what balls

**ruidajo**

noise

**tres metros bajo**
tierra

three meters (10 feet) under ground

## Page 127

**está escondito**

is hidden

**madrecita**

little mother

## Page 128

**cuero**

slut

**quemando**

burning

**bailongo**

dance music

**nena pachanguera**

dear party-lover

**mota**

marijuana

**jefita**

mom

## Page 129

**chilo y chiloso**

cool and spicy/feisty

**chiludo**

man with big penis

**cocos**

coconuts

**Audaz**

Fearless, bold

**Canijo**

small, sickly person, tiny

**la misma pinchi**

same fucking

## Page 130

**chica lista**

smart girl

**escupe**

spit

**vise**

mirrors the vises used on guns on page 117. Vise-grip also known as locking pliers.

## Page 131

**cosita rica**

rich little thing

**mamando duro**

sucking hard

**chichotas**

boobs

**leche agria**

sour milk

**verga**

cock

**manosa**

slick

## Page 132

**botes de basura**

thrash cans

**vieja**

old woman

**chingadera**

piece of crap

**como una palanca**

like a lever

## Page 133

**grasoso**

greasy

**como que su boca**

like her mouth

**Not like some boy**

Signs of Luther’s latent homosexuality?

**Cagarle la cara**

shitface? defecate on face?

## Page 134

**Triggers**

see Ratings

**un dedo tira**

finger pulls

**forget this empty**

how can we remember this emptyness so in fullness we won’t forget?

**dejarse ir**

let yourself go

**sigue disparando**

keeps shooting

**hijito**

sonny

## Page 135

**target**

is this why ENTR’ACTE Artifact # 1 in V1 contained shooting targets?

## Page 136

**Berdoo**

San Bernardino

**espanto**

ghost

**Qué mierda significa „algo más“?**

What the hell means „something else“?

## Page 137

**a toda máquina**

At full throttle

**la había cagado**

was shit

**sin duda**

without a doubt

**es la neta**

it is true, certain