Oddly alike!
This map actually got a recent update (thanks Lee), and I was going to edit the file yesterday to match, but unfortunately my tablet pen has died and I am currently in the middle of a rain forest. They do not have AAAA batteries here. So I will change the image file later.
Edit 4/28/25: The battery was fine apparently, because the pen started working again. I'm blaming the humidity. The map has been updated. If your computer cached the old image you will need to hard refresh the page to see it.
Transcript
Talita: I don’t even know where to start. There’s a lot on the internet about the Shess languages… But ethnically I’m probably from one of the nomad groups?
Panel background: The map of the centaur homeplanet looms above the two of them sitting on the couch, in a rectangular projection. The single continent forms a continuous loop between the two poles, with two divided oceans. A counterclockwise arrow shows the travel path of the nomadic ethnic groups as they circumnavigate the globe from one pole to the other, following the edge of the middle sea. Labels on the continent note the major settled ethnic groups: Biing, Pahk, Auolut, Bii, Chuchae, Shta, Daewirgh, and Shess. The Shess are positioned on the same large peninsula as the first contact site.
Talita: And even if I share genetics, it’s not like I belong to any of those cultures. So researching them just makes me feel like even more of an outsider…
Idrisah looks knowingly at Talita. Talita's cheeks bristle and she looks away shyly.
Talita: Maybe you're familiar.
Idrisah: Well…
