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Lungelo
Lungelo A name meaning "preparation" or "making ready" gives Lungelo a proleptic quality — he is always pointing forward, his present actions understood as groundwork for something not yet arrived. Such characters in fiction are often cast as precursors or enablers: the person whose careful work makes another's triumph possible, whose significance is better understood in retrospect.
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