Proper Respect to Patrons
/Kath:We fold our arms, bend our backs, and die a bit each bow. We guard our tongues, sharpen our claws, and bide our time to pounce. The grass is high, the day grows short, and birds will sleep no more.Kath Rebel Poem
History
Since the Progenitors raised-up the first Clients, a formal ritual has served as a greeting between civilized beings.
Execution
Patrons acknowledge others with open arms, and a bow.
The degree of arm opening can indicate love/admiration/pride, depending on the species involved.
The depth and angle of bow can indicate relative rank, emotion, thanks/shame, etc.
Clients acknowledge others with arms/appendages crossed in-front of the torso, and a bow.
The degree of arm crossing, if less than optimal, can only be taken poorly.
The depth and angle of bow can indicate relative rank, emotion, thanks/shame, etc.
Clients should always bow deeper than a Patron.
Patrons and Clients acknowledge each other in this way as well.
With the discovery of Wolflings, the greeting ritual has been modified. The wolfling acknowledges others with arms/appendages placed to the front of the cranium (or the approximation thereof), along with a bow appropriate to the being being greeted; very deep for a Patron, deep for a Client, casually for another Wolfling. When in doubt, deeper is better.
Components and tools
The verbal component of the ritual is for one to state one's full name, species, clan. "I am Shu' Shell Speaker, a Vonu', ab Gubru. "
Participants
The Gubru are most adherent to the practice (having the most Clients).
Observance
Formal occasions.
Upon first meeting a superior.
When in doubt.
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