Well, yours wasn't the first, but none of these look deliberate enough to have been someone intentionally making an attempt let alone deliberate enough to have contained responsible bindings even ones I can't read.

I'd have thought if there were a decent number of random unbound daeva something might have gone noticeably wrong, though?

Depends. On a few things - such as when these were written, because the selection effect on demons has gotten more adverse over time. But mostly on the individual personalities involved. With this number it wouldn't be that shocking if they were all nondisruptive types. Or the type to arrange to go home right away, which would take at most one murder per.

Sensible. And whoever summoned them might have been killed, or might not have made a big deal about it, or might have tried to make a big deal and gotten assassinated before they could pass it on.

Yeah, the guess that it just never spread around is not in these quantities straining credulity.

Especially with how short our recorded history is. We've probably had a lot of disruptions of passed on knowledge over time.

These circles aren't even consistent with someone teaching a friend one time, I think.

Huh. I don't know enough about the relevant statistics for whether that's likely.

No two of them look exactly alike except there's one that matches yours and we know yours came through snakes, not humans.

I could see the snakes trying only the once and then filing it away as a curiosity, yeah.

Especially since how do snakes even write?

They can hold brushes with their tails.

Sounds tedious but I suppose they're accustomed.

The two here might enjoy touch screen computers of their own. Probably still tedious, but.

I can arrange that! Where are they?

I think Kusana is under my bed right now and Shiromi is in my kitchen.

Knock knock.

"Come in; it's unlocked."

In comes Cam. "Shiromi? Kusana? D'you guys want computers?"

"Computer!" says Kusana, slithering out from Sasuke's room. "Yes!"

Shiromi is curled in a windowsill, and seems more considering of this. "Sure, I suppose," she says after a moment.

"Touchscreens are probably ideal for control interfaces, but I don't know how big you want them?"

"Small, so I can bring it places. And it should be green," says Kusana.

"About the size of Sasuke-sama's screen?" says Shiromi.

Cam makes one for Shiromi. "How small?" he asks Kusana.

She hums and then forms a rectangle. "This size!" It's about 'small smartphone' sized.

An ultramini for her, then! In a green case. "There you are."