2022 I : Indecipherable

  

I originally wanted to use the word "undecipherable" for the post. But the letter "U" was already taken. So "indecipherable" got the nod. What is the difference?

For the purposes of this post, indecipherable is impossible to decode, read. While some references have undecipherable as a synonym, they can also clarify that while one is impossible to read, undecipherable is merely difficult.

In Fire and Amulet, the dragon slayers keep a journal. These are discussed in tomorrow's post, J : Journalling. Deneas's mother used a double encryption for her thoughts and notes. Not only did she write it in a personal code, but used a language that no one in in the village knew. 

Karst put a lot of thought into not only the entries in his book, but into the code he used. If the book fell into his father's hands, he wanted to make it as hard as possible for the elder councilman to read. Among the reasons for the security was to protect his new found friends, Clan Vreis. The pages also captured something even more precious. It was not details to a water source, or the way through a mountain pass. But the location of his mother's cabin.

Later, after the helwr adopted Karst as its master, Karst recorded any commands he didn’t want to forget. That information could never fall into his father's hands as it would turn the loyal bird into a lethal weapon. 

 

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~till next time, Helen 

 

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