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GENE ** Story about Outka Mimouna and Aïcha: ** a story Smail tells Port about three girls who live near Marhnia’s bled, and these girls want to go and drink tea in the Sahara. They eventually go to the Sahara but fall asleep on the top of a dune and never wake up. Marhnia has Smail tell this story to Port but it does not seem to have any affect on Port. The story could,however, foreshadow Kit’s eventual personality switch. ** 38 bachhamar: ** a nomad or a traveling salesman
 * Targui: ** also known as the Touareg, the principal inhabitants of the Sahara. Mentioned in the story about Outka, Mimouna, and Aicha (see above).
 * 39 //Gallik merhmoum bzef:// ** Time
 * // Ei oua!: //** “Ya” (colloquial)
 * //Ci pas une putain, je t'ai dit!: //** “She’s not a whore. I told you” (colloquial), Said by Smail when Port says he wants to arrange a price with Marhnia.
 * 40 lugubrious: ** mournful, dismal or gloomy
 * 41 palapably: ** obvious or evident; plainly heard, seen, or sensed