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The house was completely bare, and a thin film of dust covered the walls and empty shelves, as if no one had lived in it for years Nevertheless, the interior -sans furniture- was in excellent repair It soon beca and se size of the doors that it had been meant for people ere very short and small

"Why are we here?" Mericlou asked, as nervousness was beginning to subsu s" as he beckoned for her to follow behind He continued at a brisk pace deeper into the house, through several consecutive roohtly afraid, followed Aldrec closely as he led her into a rooer than the others, but also eh one of the walls had been re the bare stone face of the mountain

Aldrec approached the stone wall

"Rirvuoced"

At his word, the stone faded away as if it were nocavern In the hhewn cave opening; it was a perfect trapezoid with a series of glyphs that she did not recognize carved upon its lintel and angled posts

Mericlou started to investigate, but Aldrec gestured sternly for her to stay back He then lyphs on its left post He brought his face closely to it, and whispered so could not decipher

Instantly, the glyphs canited by the very breath froht reveal heretofore unseen details The script had not been lyph was connected to another, linking together to for cursive script, as if it were one indescribably long word

Mericlou reht from the symbols flowed fro outward and doard through the cave, for an massive, intricate web of previously unseen sy

Aldrec then approached the entrance, and reached out his hand "It's okay now," said "I've told the doorway to recognize you What I want to show you is right through the cave"

"Are … are you sure it's safe?" Mericlou asked, visibly apprehensive She sed against a dry throat She had seenshe had ever heard of, and they were coic that elves used