[And Alhaitham sinks back into the seat as Kaveh leans forward, giving him the space to flip through the pages when he decides he isn't going to just take the book.
He shakes his head.] There's not a pattern consistent enough to suggest even basic grammatical structure, so I doubt it's anything more than gibberish. But considering most of the books and records I found were completely blank instead, it stuck out.
[He'll surely hold onto the book even if it seems fruitless now. There must be some rationale for why this one in particular has even a facimile of language rather than emptiness that serves to fill the space elsewhere.
Also, like, there's nothing else to even try to read. He's an Alhaitham without books. What is he going to do in a week.]
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He shakes his head.] There's not a pattern consistent enough to suggest even basic grammatical structure, so I doubt it's anything more than gibberish. But considering most of the books and records I found were completely blank instead, it stuck out.
[He'll surely hold onto the book even if it seems fruitless now. There must be some rationale for why this one in particular has even a facimile of language rather than emptiness that serves to fill the space elsewhere.
Also, like, there's nothing else to even try to read. He's an Alhaitham without books. What is he going to do in a week.]