ver seen, ts all,quot; said Dr. Malone. quot; ;

    quot;I  it clearer t; Lyra said.

    quot;Clearer? ts t its ever been!quot;

    quot;But  mean? Can you read it?quot;

    quot;ell,quot; said Dr. Malone, quot;you dont read it in t doesnt . s  to ttention t you pay them.

    ts revolutionary enougs our consciousness t to, you see.quot;

    quot;No,quot; Lyra explained, quot;ed. tures if you ed to. Look.quot;

    And surned back and focused  time sended to  ter, y-six symbols laid out around t omatically ted in o point at tanding), t (for diligence), and framed tion:

    o do in order to understand the Shadows?

    t itself, and out of ter of lines and flasures formed  clarity: compasses, alpning, angel. Eacure flas number of times, and t three:

    camel, garden, moon.

    Lyra sao explain. time, ting back in e-faced, clutcable.

    quot; it says,quot; Lyra told ;its saying in my language, rigures. Like ter. But  says is t it could use ordinary language too,  up like t. You could fix t put  youd need a lot of careful figuring  ning meant anbaric—I mean, electric po. And ts all about messages. t s to say. But  on to t second bit... it meant Asia, almost t east but not quite. I dunno ry t ry of talking to Dust, I mean S   ures, only ticks. I t meant t picture on t I didnt understand it, really. I t  tant about it, only I didnt kno be lots of alking to S;

    Dr. Malone hless.

    quot;t; s;Yes, its Cion—fortune-telling, really.... And,