As we walked through the dimly lit entrance to the cave; I turned to Jake and asked him about this dungeon and this Normativity thing.
"A lone wolf spares no food, though 'tis all for naught when you hunt to survive, said the gray huntsman to the youngun. Thus the wolf rejects solitude."
What is this guy on about...? Although that sounded familiar to be honest.
"Hahaha quote from the book 'Hunt To Survive'." Ohhh I read that one!
"There was a big wolf that lived here alone before, though as it struggled to find food, it had no choice but to form a pack." Jake said, looking more passionate than ever.
He shuffled through the pouch on his waist and took out a small notebook before continuing.
"That 'course doesn't explain why a simple wolf den became a mysterious, medium dungeon aye?" Jake flipped through the pages while going on about how Silka's governor sent out a scouting group to figure out where all the wolves started popping out of.
The scouts came back with information of a 10+ floor dungeon inside of the Lone Wolf's den which used to be just as the name suggests, home to a single wolf I guess.
The middle-aged man started writing some stuff in his notebook while Viktor held a torch to it.
He turned to me as his expression hardened and we stopped in our tracks.
"Lifes" not a kid anymore? An upgrade! Maybe... "What I'm about to share with you is something nobody else on the continent knows, be careful who you share this information wi-"
"Wait hold on man, why would you share it with a stranger like me then?" I asked.
"Thought I told you already, have my reasons, doesn't mean trust you." he responded.
"Those being?"
His expression softened again, the corners of his lips curled downwards slightly, sadness? Why?
"Can't quite explain yet, promise I will, in the future; I will." He finished off while averting his gaze.
"Anyway, listen to me, Seals are more than just special powers people have, words are more important than you'd think.
Already told you that most of our world's functions are altered by the power of Seals.
That's not quite all there is to it though."
The passionate guy presented his notebook to me, pointing to the drawings and phrases in there while going on with the lecture.
"Seals are a power that stems from the 'Normativity' of a concept; that which is represented by a word or a phrase." All of a sudden he's so eloquent...
"Normativity is an idea that was recently brought to light by the academics at Mil-Ansk's science and history school but is actually an ancient understanding that I stumbled into during my research.
It's a more concise way of saying 'the meaning a thing normally has'.
There's also 'Normative Loading' which is a term used to describe the concept of associating human ideas and thoughts with a concept, word or phrase.
For example: Sword=Sharp.
But a sword could also be blunt, does that mean it's not a sword anymore? No, it just means you either need to sharpen it, or this sword has a different purpose, maybe it's meant for defense?
That's because the definition or the normativity of the word and the common opinions of what this word represents or the normative loading are different.
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A Lifes Journey
FantasyThe power of a word could make the impossible, possible. In a world filled with the sealed meaning of language, words hold greater power. Lifes, the young assassin deals with the darkness of his past and the ghosts of regret that follow him as he le...
