Can't add much to the comments already present, just wanted to say I liked this story a lot. The parts of the story capturing the drudgery were perfect, as well as the aspects of their bureaucracy wherein Luulianni finds herself defeated by its byzantine/nepotistic nature. A million times at my job I've wanted to report something, make a difference, suggest a positive change, only to remember that it would go nowhere and circle the drain. The few times I've brought forward something, it gets the "Oh yes!" and goes right into the pile. Felt very relatable, and from the comments I can see I'm not the only one to have experienced it - definite consequence of any system allowed to get sufficient inertia. I really liked the ending, but not necessarily the denouement. The part where she was trying feverishly to solve the riddle of the language was brilliant and I felt myself wishing the narration could go as fast as my mind was racing. I was trying to visualize characters and patterns in my brain, nevermind the fact that I've never studied linguistics. And then the rush in to the press conference-type event, all very stirring. And then.... the message. Yeah, not for me. I think it was a 98% excellent, 2% bad story, and the bad was all at the end. Anthropocentrism ftl.