Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-36309704-20190615030607

So I was reading the book and so I had a question... it mentioned that Sophie can't read the normal Elvin languages' cipher but can read only the ancient Elvin cipher... but then in (I think) the after midterm celebration when Keefe gave her the mood candy, he gave a letter with it. Sophie was able to read his letter, but in nightfall, it said Keefe said that he had to have help from the black swan to write the message on the back of the paintings in the ancient cipher... so he doesn't know the cipher himself. There was also the time with reading Lady Galvin's instructions, what Keefes' moms' note said in never seen Grady and Edalines notes ( Book 1 whenever they went out) The titles of the books in Keefes room when they were exploring it, The title of the book his fathr wrote( The heart of the matter ? ) and other instances where Sophie has read the cipher. Maybe she learned it... but then in nightfall when they were in the nightfall facility ( Giselas' I think...) Sophie couldn't read the signs on the doors.

I'm probably just over analyzing this tho... probably just slipped Shannons mind or Shannon let Sophie read it for the sake of the plot. 