And On Your Left You'll See...

As they approach the obelisk, the lavender pup gently asks of her friend can read the words. Andy looks at Isa, curiosity pulling at the lines of her face and coloring her gaze. The blue woman offers a soft chuckle and the purple girl’s expression turns sheepish as she ducks her head. Pale gaze turns back to the etchings into the obelisk’s face as her friend explains that the words in front of them are different from the ones she knows and the pup’s head tilts. For a moment, she tries to imagine what the blue woman’s language might look like.

Then, the question is turned back to her and the pup’s snaps back around as she catches Isa’s aqua gaze. A small shrug is given and the girl softly says, “Kind of? I mean, I know the words that are on the obelisk because I have had them recited to me since I can remember.” Turning her gaze back to the stone that has their pack laws etched into it, Andy scans the face before pointing to word permission in the second line from the top. “Like, I know that word is permission and I know what the word means but I don’t know why the letters are arranged the way they are. If I saw the word somewhere else, I could identify it but beyond these words…”

Her paw drops as her shoulders once again shrug, her ears slicking back a moment as she admits that she does not know how to read. Quickly, she tries to shift the focus away from her shortcoming by adding, “But, I haven’t really had time to learn how to read yet. We have had a lot going on and it feels like dad wanted us to focus on fighting first.” Being the daughter of the Warlord, it seemed important for Andy to learn how to fight and she had put her own interests in learning other things to the side for the moment.

A thought has the girl offering a shy grin as she admits, “I do want to learn how to read so that I can learn how write too. I am going to be making star chats and need to be label stuff. See, I have my very own telescope.” A hint of pride creeps into her voice at the mention of the gift her late mother had left for her. But Isa will see it soon enough, once the little tour gets going.


"Andromeda Fatalis"