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[Bitterblue looks a bit excited when the video starts. She's holding a dark, leather bound book, it's thin, but thick enough that the gold lettering on the spin can be seen.]

It worked this time. I hoped for a book from my memories and I got one.

I didn't think about this before I discovered it on my table, but of course I should have realized this: it's in a different language. I understand it because I did in my memories.

[This is where she looks really excited.]

A whole new language! See-

[She holds up the book and opens to a page. There is a hand painted picture of a castle on it with a word underneath - but not a word recognizable. She flips through other pages showing pictures with singular words underneath. All words that are not readable.]

This is much better than a dagger!

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It's not a problem. [Bitterblue waves Lisa into her small apartment. It's one bedroom, the kitchen and the living room blend together. And there's nothing flashy about the decorations. Mostly neutral tones.]

So, you want to see the book.

[It was right there on the counter and Bitterblue only had to take a few steps to get it. She promptly handed it over to Lisa. None of the words are in English, but Bitterblue is here willing to translate.]

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[Not that Lisa can say anything - Lisa doesn't exactly live in a swanky place, and shares it with someone else anyway. Still, it's nice enough, she's not judging.]

Mm, I'd like to see it. I've had a new appreciation for languages lately, y'know?

[She accepts it gingerly when it's offered to her; at first she just looks through the pages, trying to match the image to the word. Except boy, that really isn't in anything she could hope to read. She puzzles for a moment more, before she looks over to Bitterblue.]

You weren't kidding, huh? So I know this is probably city, but how do you say this? [There's a reason she never took more foreign language classes in school - she's probably gonna mangle this...]