rrhaella:

_{Rivers change course over many lifetimes, and eventually all bridges tumble down. A thousand years ago there was another city on this spot. The people carved the bones of whales and inscribed them with my Mark. Children still find them washed up in the river-mud. Anton Sokolovhas made a great study of my runes, but he’s not special like you are. He wasn’t chosen and he doesn’t wear my Mark, so he can’t unlock their secrets. Sokolov believes there are specific words and acts that can compel me to appear before him. He searches old temples inPandyssia and ruined subbasements in the Flooded District. He performs disgusting rituals beneath the old Abbey. But if he really wants to meet me, he could start by being a bit more interesting.}