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Thanks for reading! I'm glad you dig the concept. It's a story that I've had in my head for a long time, but getting it into an enjoyable prose has been challenging.

Chapter 1 has been the greatest source of struggle for me. It's at a place in the story where a lot of weird imagery is introduced, so I think I've made it difficult for myself to make it both understandable and enjoyable. Believe it or not, it used to be much longer and more flowery, and I appreciate you showing specific examples with unnecessary descriptors. I have considered adding a prologue of sorts, to help introduce the flyer and his world first, letting the reader take in less weirdness at one time.

Regarding the three-letter song names, chapter 1 includes a piece of dialogue from the flyer's perspective that includes a series of three-letter words from the songs. This is meant to foreshadow their language, and this specific dialogue ends with "Vho" - her name - the first note of her melody.

In short, the three-letter names represent the onomatopoeia. My goal was to show this with "Zet", too.

The reason that they're all three letters is to show a repetitive, almost rigid pattern during normal speech, representing ordinary music.

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