I've just come to the realisation that at the beginning of Vore (first fifteen seconds), along with the scratchy guitar chord, there are chewing and swallowing sounds. The song is quite literally from the point of view of being stuck in the throat of a God.
Did a quick translation of a little fenglian moment from the AD Ep 1 bc it was cute and FX's little grunts were so cute 😌
[context: It's the Xiao Ying arc early in the novel. Nan Feng was angry about something minor and threw a mini tantrum, and only after that did he calm down.]
XL: Nan Feng, you've calmed down?
NF: (makes a brusque, non-committal grunt) Ough.
XL: (chuckles, fondly amused) After raging, you're now calm? This trait of yours, is really just like your general.
NF: (pauses, then makes another brusque, non-committal grunt) ....Mmn.
"A new strain of parasite. I deserve it, in a way. I created it."
"For the Merchants? Why?"
"I thought for the government. They're so mixed up with the Merchants now, they work for one another. This 'thing', as you call it, is growing. It's dormant now but it will soon grow larger... and kill me."