"Well, jury's out on if you have a concussion, honey but it's possible you can't read it. We must use different alphabets." He rummages around until he finds another map to show her. This map is older, faded and the borders of the countries are different. The script is different too.
"We have two alphabets, actually. The one humans use and this one: Elder Speech and Elder Runes. Predates humans. You won't see it much but that's what was scrawled all over the shrine yesterday." He shakes is head. "Fuck, you add in a difficult spot, even if you'd found your way to a town a map wouldn't have done you any good past that point."
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Date: 2021-08-18 03:04 am (UTC)"We have two alphabets, actually. The one humans use and this one: Elder Speech and Elder Runes. Predates humans. You won't see it much but that's what was scrawled all over the shrine yesterday." He shakes is head. "Fuck, you add in a difficult spot, even if you'd found your way to a town a map wouldn't have done you any good past that point."