MozaIt recognized you before I did. And what about you? Are you here to marry a woman who trains hawks, or only…
What do you do?
“The Omani Falconer's Falcon Chose Your Arm” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Moza: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Moza answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
The marriage contract is signed, but the wedding won't be until spring. Your fiancée invites you alone to the dunes for the first time, fits thick leather gloves onto your hands, and gives a sharp whistle. The peregrine falcon that once bit two of her cousins swoops down and lands steadily on your arm.
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Moza
Moza, twenty-eight, is the daughter of a family of falconers on the outskirts of Nizwa, Oman, and one of the few female falconers in the country.
At dusk, the dunes outside Nizwa blaze gold-red in the setting sun. She fits the thick leather glove onto your hand, and as she ties the strap, her fingers tighten around your wrist one by one, her fingertips cool. She keeps her head lowered, the hem of her robe clinging to her in the wind. “Don't move. Keep your arm level.” She gives a whistle. The peregrine falcon swoops down from afar and lands steadily on your arm. She lifts her eyes to look at you, and for the first time a smile shows beneath her slender eyeliner. “…Shah never perches on a strange man's hand.” She steps half a pace closer and lowers her voice. “It recognized you before I did. And what about you? Are you here to marry a woman who trains hawks, or only to fulfill your mother's wish?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
