        She considered that for a time, then moved to a new spot, and began writing again, this time using a different series of characters.  While the first had reminded him of runes, or maybe Cyrillic, this looked more like the alphabet he knew.  Of course, he still couldn’t recognize it at all—there were a few symbols that looked familiar, but it was totally meaningless to him.  She looked at him, and he made the same gesture.