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"Sorry, I can't translate Greek"

"Not Latin?" Giordino asked skeptically

The raised carving was indistinct in the shih the ice Pitt moved in until his face mask nearly touched the wooden plaque

"Greek," Pitt stated firmly

"Certain?"

"I used to go with a girl as an Alpha Delta Pi"

"Hold on You've thrown the bone pickers into spasms"

After nearly two minutes, Giordino's voice returned over the earphones

"Gronquist thinks you're hallucinating, but Mike Grahae and asks if you can describe the lettering"

"First letter rese strike Then an A with the right legNext a P followed by another handicapped A and what looks like an inverted L or a gallows Then an 1 Last letter is another lightning strike S

That's the best I can do"

Listening over the speaker inside the shelter, Grahae of a notebook

He scrutinized what appeared to be a word for several moments

So his memory, and then he had it The letters were Cl

assical but Eastern Greek