The scribe’s fingers were ink-stained, his eyes hollowed by three sleepless tides. In the labyrinth beneath the Silent Citadel, he had found a wall not of stone, but of compressed breath — as if centuries of whispered prayers had fossilized into a single, murmuring surface.
And on that wall, carved in no script he knew, were the words: Buu Mal -bhuumaal- nauthkarrlayynae yan...
It is difficult to interpret the phrase "Buu Mal -bhuumaal- nauthkarrlayynae yan..." with certainty. It does not correspond to a standard, known language or fictional canon (such as Tolkien’s Elvish, Star Wars’ Huttese, or Lovecraftian chants) in any widely documented form. The structure suggests a constructed or ritualistic tongue, possibly from a personal worldbuilding project, a dream transcript, or an obscure chant. The scribe’s fingers were ink-stained, his eyes hollowed
Kaelen left the Silent Citadel the next morning. He did not sleep again — not truly. In the marketplace, he heard the echo of every lie ever told. In the river, he saw the reflection of every drowned wish. And always, at the edge of hearing, the chant continued: It does not correspond to a standard, known
The phrase repeated itself in his skull, even when he tried to sleep.
The wall did not open. It unremembered itself. Stone turned to mist, mist turned to a corridor of bone-white roots. At the far end stood a figure — human-shaped, but jointed like a marionette strung by sorrow.