[ she hums idly in agreement. ] There are patterns you pick up on the more you know. It does make it easier.

[ she closes her eyes again, against the feeling of natasha's hand. ] I was alive through Latin's evolution, and I could see the pieces of it in the others as they grew. It was the same for the Iranian languages, even though so many of the old ones have died out now.

Ossetian is probably the closest to Scythian that's left.