SPOILER!!: Sabel
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Continuing to flip through the pages slowly, Sabel listened quietly and attentively to Danika. A small frown furrowed his brow at the mention of Runes just being like another language. Had he missed something in their Ancient Runes class? Or perhaps he had been too evaluative of the multiple meanings that they could carry. Whatever the case, he was surprised to learn that Runes weren't simply a divination tool, but an actual language.
"That's one way to describe film and television." He nodded in agreement at her interpretation of moving pictures combined with plays, smiling softly at the unique way of understanding it. Perhaps, once she was more comfortable with a world of non-wizards, he could suggest her going to see one, if only just for the experience.
But his attention was quickly turned to her addressment, and he blinked up at her a little. "Would...that be okay? We have an Ancient Runes class here, but they teach you more of the predicting and interpreting aspect than how to read or understand them as a language. This," he ran his fingers over the page again, "is fascinating." Blinking he spared a glance at the symbols and then at her, slightly confused. "Does that mean you can speak it too?"
Amazing, wasn't it? A simple little parchment can contain the most incredible aspects of history, however in this book, merely legends.
But legends always came from something, that's why it's as important to study them.
Film and television. Sigh. At least Danika understood the concept, but it will probably be quite a while for her to actually see the invention in person. First she'll have to step into the non-magical world for that one, then again, it would be like the ballet, except perhaps with much more non-magicals in there.
But Danika didn't have an answer for that yet, it would be like sharing the only key that opens the door to the world's secrets, and she'd rather keep the secrets to herself. That's why she didn't answer just yet.
"You only study it as a divination method" she said, with a nod, and yes it was fascinating, even as a child she was amazed at it, the lack of common letters for her, and how ancients communicated by mere symbols, that was more important than the language itself. The ancients.
There was a frown on her face,
"I cannot" yet,
"I can merely translate and read it, vut I cannot speak it" she has yet to find the person who can and that hadn't been easy,
"My mother taught me, and she does not speak it either" her mother wasn't interested in learning to do so, which has made Danika's search attempts much more difficult.
It was time to answer his question, she couldn't delay it much longer,
"I am not a very good teacher, Savel" she started to say, the eyes went from the book to the boy,
"Vut I guess I could try" startled at her own answer the girl added,
"If you teach me something that vould ve considered difficult in your vorld" she smiled.
Then curiosity arises at the mention of
his world,
"Vhere are you from, Savel?" because his accent was slightly different from the rest, for the little she'd heard of.