Ikta and crew are assigned to a garrison in the far northern region of the empire: a lonely, desolate place at the foot of a massive mountain range. The garrison staff are petty and corrupt, and don't like it when Ikta slacks off and defies orders.  But when they try to throw him in the garrison prison, he stumbles across a secret that they want desperately to keep hidden.
If he'd read this book, 
he would've known that.
لو قرأ هذا الكتاب لرُبَّما علِمَ بذلك
Wenn er das Buch gelesen hätte,
hätte er das gewusst.
De haber leído este libro,
lo habría sabido.
De haber leído este libro,
lo habría sabido.
Il l’aurait su en lisant ce livre.
Se avesse letto questo libro l'avrebbe saputo.
Ele saberia disso,
 se lesse este livro.
Прочитал бы он книжку — и сам это знал.