"Well, if someone's in danger, we should do something. I don't know what might be wrong, but I found some weird things in his cave" Lixia explained.

"Things?" Larek asked, unsure of what she meant.

"Yeah, pieces of animal skin with little drawings on them, in lines, and some of the little drawings were repeated over and over."

Larek thought about it. "You mean letters? Wait, you can't read?"

The stratodrake looked embarrassed. "I was never taught."