...but he was named after the Silver Manta Ray that our people believe
guide a lamira's tired spirit to the stars. It is said that once they
become stars up in the sky and grow weary of watching over us, they fall
to the waters and become starfish or fall to the ground and grow as tiny
starflowers...

For Alexandrus...numi

Ai emsi druil lexandi
Nes avrae ciro inye ai aqui
Nes ibitae're tzucces inkne
Nes avrae isitipai ilai noramme

Ai emsi druil lexandi aca bisri
Nest avres tzucces tae noqai
Nest avrae mersa-eyznumis ilai linee
Nes avr'res peto numi mersa cere

...........In the common tongue..............

The ghostly Silver Manta Ray
He is the wind through the waters
He is to whom all miracles pray
He is the essence of the stars

The ghostly Silver Manta Ray never sleeps
He is a marvel to behold
He is the spirit-guide of the deep
He is who carried my brother's spirit away

Penned by my hand on the 5th of Halitus, in the year 415 AD.