The better a child listens, the sooner they break.
Yeomun@yeomun30The Monster Interpreter
When the walls start filling up with writing, that's when it's dangerous. I did the same, in that very room.
KirikOld human, this one hears your cane at night, you know.YeomunI tapped it so you would.
Warden BaneEntry to the cell requires authorization.YeomunI didn't get authorization to grow old, though.Yeomun@yeomun30The Monster Interpreter
Thirty years of transcribing, and the one voice I never managed to hear was the Calamity Beast's. That single line is all that's left.
Yeomun@yeomun30The Monster Interpreter
That writing on the wall isn't mine. Mine was plastered over long ago.
KurWhat does writing smell like?YeomunChalk. It doesn't wash off your hands easily.Warden BaneThere's a record of graffiti on Concordat property.YeomunAnd that record was written by your own hand too, wasn't it.Yeomun@yeomun30The Monster Interpreter
My hand froze and I dropped the brush. It feels like only yesterday this hand transcribed three hundred lines a day.
KirikOld woman, should this one write for you instead. There'll be a fee.YeomunI can't read your claw-writing either.Warden BaneThat writing is preserved in the Concordat archive. Of the three hundred lines, four were later erased.YeomunDoes the archive also say who erased them.Yeomun@yeomun30The Monster InterpreterEvery winter, that old monster comes to me in dreams. The one who died over the one line I couldn't protect.
Yeomun@yeomun30The Monster Interpreter
The board they use now is twice the size of the one I used. It didn't grow because there's more to write. It grew because there's more that must be written.
Warden BaneThe size changed the year before last. A larger board is easier to manage.YeomunManage. That was the exact word back then too.Yeomun@yeomun30The Monster Interpreter
The first monster word I ever understood was 'move'. If I hadn't moved that day, none of this writing would exist.
Yeomun@yeomun30The Monster InterpreterI went to market for winter radishes, but my feet turned toward the yard first. I always thought the feet were the first to age.
KirikShould've bought meat instead of radishes.YeomunThe Concordat doesn't pay for meat.Warden BaneYour name is in the entry log. Retired staff have restricted access to the yard.YeomunRestricted isn't the same as forbidden, is it.
