Lucky hadn’t even recognized it until now. With Deadlight pointing it out, Lucky could see—each symbol had a value, which interacted with the values of the other symbols. That value would be matched by the symbol on the end, which had no other purpose in the phrase. When spoken, that symbol had to come at the beginning, and served as a summary of what a speaker was about to say. A verified language. What kind of beings could use it? “I can speak it,” she insisted. “I can tell you what it means.”