Ella was listening and scribbling notes and doodling on all kinds of things about runes and ancient runic alphabets and when they happened and more. There was a lot of information floating around and it was good, yeah? Especially because a lot of it was stuff she hadn't known previously. She liked learning new things. Especially new things about runes.

Then another question was posed and Ella considered it for a minute or two before speaking. There were lots of uses for runes, yeah? They could be used as a form of writing, or for magic and divination purposes too. She supposed using them as a form of communicating wasn't exactly as common anymore but it was still definitely used for magical purposes. They did that lots at school, actually. "Professor, people used to use the runes for charms. For instance, in the form of tattoos or pendants. This is still something people do today...keeping symbols that they believe will bring them luck or strength with them."