terça-feira, março 20, 2012

An excerpt

"Here, said the scribe, these two sigils mark the high authority of this ancient parchment, for each harks back to the Houses of Old -- major powers all of them. As a diligent pupil, one is expected to recognise how symbols such as the one you now behold are meant to be incised, with utmost reverence to their inherent majesty. Such matters are not to be taken lightly! Nonetheless, let us try once again, from the beginning, to reproduce the inscription as it was intended by our Revered Master. Here, take this stylus and this branch of narthex..."
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From the 'it-z'Ab 'al Mahlek, Chapter LXIII, c. II century.