What Do You Seek? ? ?

" A DRAGON is talking to me!" Dulbbe thought as he still had not said anything being too surprised to answer the Dragon head in the crystal ball.

​So again the Dragon asked, "What knowledge do you seek?"  While in Dulbbe's head the first thing that came to mind​ was "Who are you?" and were also the first words out of his mouth before he could think of a better question.

"I am the Crystal of Knowledge.  All that is the Ancient Dragon's Lore, I possess," it answered.  "What knowledge do you seek?"  Now that the shock had worn off, Dulbbe realized this was the answer to his problem!  "What is on the tablet that a Borrower  has found?" he asked.

​The eyes of the Dragon lit up briefly and then returned to normal as it responded.  "Your question is incomplete.  Specify the name of the tablet or hold it up to the crystal to be identified."

"I don't know the name of the tablet and I don't have it to hold it up," growled Dulbbe starting to get a bit frustrated.  The only response Dulbbe received was "What knowledge do you seek?"

Now that was interesting if not helpful yet.  There must be a lot of Dragon tablets for them to be 'named'.

​Realizing that this was going to take longer than he expected, he decided to pull up a chair to one of the tables in the room and taking out his notebook and quill, started jotting down his thoughts so he could organize them.

"What knowledge do I seek?" he mumbled to himself as he began to write.  "First, I need to know what is on the tablet the Borrower has," he thought to himself, but his question to the crystal orb was still unanswered.  Tapping the feather part of the quill to the side of his head (this kept him from smudging ink onto the paper) he pondered his options.

The analytical side of this rock troll was in full force as he started to create a list of what he wanted.  Like if there were so many tablets, what language was used on them?  Would it be a Mathematical one or a Ancient Dragon tongue? 

On the top of the list was his one true desire, to have Ffion notice him as something more than just another person in the castle staff.  Thinking about what the orb had said about it possessing all of the ancient Dragon lore, an idea started to form.  Once again he looked into the crystal and waited for the Orb to ask what is it that he wanted, he had made his decision.  "I seek the ability to be able to read ancient Dragon script."

The eyes of the Dragon again lit up briefly and shortly returned to normal as it responded.  "Your request is accepted.  We will begin with the alphabet and correlations of the written symbol, thought, and meanings."   Dulbbe realized at that moment he was going to need something else.  "I am going to need my magical brew called 'coffee'... Lots and lots of coffee!"