Blind Seer proved less able to read the notes taken by the various maimalodalum than he had hoped. Although the wolf had come to comprehend an astonishing amount about how various signs stood for sounds, and how those sounds in turn fit together to represent words, his wolf's eyes were not made to focus for long at such a short distance.

( Within a short time, it became evident that having the various scribes read their notes to Firekeeper and Blind Seer would be far more efficient than the pair attempting to decipher them on their own. )