Li: Lsm Pbirds Casey Whipped If Nippy Had A

If nippy had a life, Casey mused, it would be the kind that sharpened edges and made details insist on being seen. The cold turned breaths into ghosts and made small truths audible: a laugh, a curse, a name. The name was Li — half a name, perhaps, or a beginning. Li could be a person, a place, a promise. In this city of patched neon and thrift-store coats, beginnings were often abbreviated; you learned names by syllables.

It can imply a process that has been highly compressed, rapidly cycled, or aggressively mixed (similar to data churning or "whipping" variables into a unified state). lsm pbirds casey whipped if nippy had a li