"Languages. And how to get around the fact that all of my books wouldn't be readable to you otherwise."
He walks over and reaches up for a small bottle, pulling it down. There's blackened dust inside of it.
"Our component," he identifies it as, "and I will show you the verbal and somatic components. Once you've cast it, you will be able to read and understand any language spoken to you."
A finger raised.
"It cannot unpuzzle a code or cypher. But for functional languages, you'll have that for an hour."
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"Languages. And how to get around the fact that all of my books wouldn't be readable to you otherwise."
He walks over and reaches up for a small bottle, pulling it down. There's blackened dust inside of it.
"Our component," he identifies it as, "and I will show you the verbal and somatic components. Once you've cast it, you will be able to read and understand any language spoken to you."
A finger raised.
"It cannot unpuzzle a code or cypher. But for functional languages, you'll have that for an hour."