The runic translation that Hermione had been grappling with over the last few days was now coffee-stained, as she struggled to sponge her entire cup from the table and parchment with her wand. She had been, truthfully, struggling for days to decipher the runes. They were difficult to interpret, based on a combination of ancient and modern Greek, and influenced by societal implications at the time of writing. There also appeared to be some  slang  of sorts, if that had any place in  ancient runes.  