A Special Find by Himring

Murphy's Law

‘It’s not a secret code,’ said Maglor, ‘merely a language spoken so long ago few remember it now.’
‘What does it say?’ she asked.
Maglor gave her a wry look.
‘Anything that can go wrong will,’ he translated.
She laughed out loud in surprise.
‘They knew that already! My guess is that they did not call it Murphy’s Law then!’
‘They proved it in the doing. And they had darker names for it.’
‘How do you know all that?’
Maglor did not answer. He turned the parchment over.
‘I prefer the name Murphy’s Law,’ he said, finally. ‘It sounds friendlier.’

Chapter End Notes

Beside the Meet & Greet prompt, the other Insta-drabbling prompt used was: "pass words / secret codes" (suggested by zhie who had apparently been watching the Doors of Moria movie episode; that context may partly explain where my brain went here).

100 words in MS Word