As Botros spoke, Toby listened closely, completely captivated by all of this stuff. It was real interesting to know not just what runes were supposed to be used and why, but also about how many of each rune, what position they were and the whole set up of the thing. He tried as hard as he could to get everything down into his notes, but felt that he must surely have missed something or other. Not that it was too much trouble; Tobias could simply bring it up next time he visited Botros' office.

Why a circle though? Uhhhh... Toby didn't know but he could give it a guess, and raised his hand.

"Is it maybe a circle because... I guess a circle is a pretty strong shape. There's no weak points, I mean... no edges or corners." Eh? Maybe? It was a long shot. But, that rune in the very middle then. What was it about? "And then in the middle... well, Isa can be used to stop something, to freeze it." Like ice. "And then Raidho means... journey and change..." Tobias paused for a moment to think before going on. "So it's like... freezing a journey? The journey of the person you're trying to catch. And then it makes sense if that bound rune represents the person that's being hunted, 'cause all the other runes are sort of surrounding it as though it's been captured."

Yeah? No? Maybe.