[video] Nowadays it is only the unreadable that occurs

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[Dorian posts from his Fire Sector suite, a transcription of some pages of books he found in the Emperor's library in hand. The transcription is, of course, in the local language, and that is why he speaks]

In the interest of actually being able to read anything useful we might come across, rather than puzzling over it like it's the Voynich manuscript, I thought it might be prudent to attempt to gather together the work of those of us who have been trying to crack the language. I know there are at least a few—if there are resources to be shared, then we may all make a bit more progress. [He has been working on this for some time, and it is audible in every stubborn syllable.] At the very least, it can't possibly hurt.

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[spam it is!]

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[He smiles warmly in greeting before moving over to the table, looking it over. He gives her an apologetic glance.] Can I get something of a summary? Just to guide me.

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[superoverachiever]

Okay. Yeah. [Ava pulls some chairs to the table as she speaks.] So parts of speech are a good starting point, right? That's what I was thinking. [She really can't help but act like this is a school presentation and Dorian is her teacher.] The grammar isn't gonna come yet, but it'd be good to know if they still use nouns and verbs and all.

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[Dorian is both amused and confused at being addressed like this. Looking the way he does, he usually is around people who assume that he is their age or younger. This is very new to him. He thanks her for the chair and sits.] That sounds reasonable. Have you found if they do?