TAHLIA~
My fingers reached out for the scroll, anticipation coursing through me as they brushed against its ancient surface. It felt cool and slightly rough, a relic of a bygone era.
A flap of wings stirred my eyes darting to the stained window, where a raven suddenly perched, though it had been only for a fleeting moment before taking flight.
An omen or mere happenstance, I couldn't help but wonder.
It had been unexpected. The way it had come.
Shaking off the thought, I recentered my focus on the scroll. Along the visible horizon of it, a few cryptic wordings were inscribed, but they were in a language I couldn't understand, just like the one in the tomb. But for some reason, this very one seemed to be elusive.
It was just a single line, a verse, or perhaps something more profound
