Bab 442: The Bad Teacher

Elder Bolin did say that Dwarven Script was all about music. And thus music was where Kano started his lessons.

It was a completely new ball game for him, having spent most of his life (which was admittedly quite short) learning how to read, write and speak one language. And now, he was essentially tasked with learning a new one altogether - the language of music.

This was Kano's toughest challenge yet. Even more so than learning how to make sense of the dancing letters and numbers. In fact, his pursuit of literacy would have been near impossible had it not been for his father, Sect Leader Larks, and his ingenious techniques. But on this planet, there was no Sect Leader Larks. And Kano was once again forced to confront his deficiencies, which was akin to running against a brick wall with no helmet.

"Loosen your jaws, boy!" Elder Bolin yelled angrily as Kano failed for the nth time today.

"I'm t-t-t-t-t-t-"