SHATTERED TIES 6.9

"So?"

The librarian left a large dusty book open and looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"So what? Oh, right," he disappeared behind a veil and returned with the shell in his hand. "It is indeed a fascinating object. You say you got it from a naiad? Powerful creatures, I believe."

"That is correct. I was lucky enough to find it on land. What is it, then?"

"Let's see, I wrote down the symbols here. It's hard to tell their order because of the way they're arranged. They also seem to move depending on the direction I point. Look," he pointed to the east, so the symbols moved accordingly. "I thought it was like a compass, but it isn't. Since it's a sea spirit, I imagine it's related to water."

"Does it do anything? Does it have a function?"

"I checked the symbols in different orders, but they don't belong to any language I know. They look a bit like some Lea Beranta's bas-reliefs and scripts, maybe they share the same root. There is nothing else I can tell you."

"All right."