"They have the equivalent of celestial horizons," Helen replies, recalling the symbol and translation from their first attempt at cracking the map. "Whether that is also their equivalent of sun, I have yet to see..."
Her voice trails off as she turns another page, musing over that idea. It's a very good point, odd as it might sound to the average person. The same could be said about things like day and night. Stars. Things they take for granted that the more recent Praxians never had.
"If you see something like this--" She points to the symbol for sun in her book. "--we may have a match." Otherwise, she might just assume that he's right and the symbol simply isn't used any longer.
"Friendship..." Her expression turns from mildly surprised to interested. Not one she would have immediately jumped to in her book, but one that jumped out at her. "Home. Travel. Wealth, although what kind of wealth is unclear. I assume material wealth, though with the context in the map, it could mean something completely different."
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Her voice trails off as she turns another page, musing over that idea. It's a very good point, odd as it might sound to the average person. The same could be said about things like day and night. Stars. Things they take for granted that the more recent Praxians never had.
"If you see something like this--" She points to the symbol for sun in her book. "--we may have a match." Otherwise, she might just assume that he's right and the symbol simply isn't used any longer.
"Friendship..." Her expression turns from mildly surprised to interested. Not one she would have immediately jumped to in her book, but one that jumped out at her. "Home. Travel. Wealth, although what kind of wealth is unclear. I assume material wealth, though with the context in the map, it could mean something completely different."