SEEDLING OF A SEDIMENTARY SCAR.

         Sedimentary or seedling scars were those that formed only at the high temperatures and pressures associated with the process of anatomical displacement. These cross-linked lesions were referred to as index injuries, and may have been found in animal, mineral, bark, crystal, or bone.  However, many trauma markers were stable only within certain limits, and scars of sedimentary strata were not necessarily an indication of evolution or decay.
       Composition and development of seedling scars was a highly variable process and depended greatly on continental conditions at time of their creation.  For instance, small particles in the terrestrial surface may have evolved into larger scars, if layers of sleep were applied, or may have been obliterated upon contact by thermal conditions, or may even have their shape preserved, still visible, but their contents obscured by soil and shadows that were not originally present.  
       After numerous trauma markers were discovered sharing a common design, it was proposed that the process of anatomical displacement may not have been determined entirely at random, but could potentially represent a type of primitive index or attempt at documentation.   While this concept was relatively straightforward, years of additional work were required to reach a point where a lasting vocabulary of scars could be accurately translated.  The final key to the decipherment of this deep seeded or substrated terrain was made by scholars in West Themis and would come to be known by a variety of names, most notably: “the specific epithet”, “the craven fault system”, “the apicle hook“, or “the nightmare hatching.”