Annotation - Chapter 14, Page 142       next       context       previous

(142:14) "Iwd have to wait a nother year before I begun to man for my self becaws I ben boying on my 12th naming day"
In context it seems that Abel and Riddley use the word "boy" to imply sexual service—men do, boys are done to. When Riddley refers to children outside of the context of sex and power, he usually calls them "kids" instead.