[it's a straightforward question, and it's preferable to not asking what he wants directly, which Sorey appreciates.]

A mix of both. A lot of ruins on the mountain where I grew up have text written in the ancient tongue; since I wanted to read them I had to pick up the language. A lot of it was guessing until things started to make sense, but my gramps gave me a few pointers on where to start too. I had something to go off of, but not a lot. I figure this will be pretty close to that.