 The damage to their leg bones from their contorted postures while writing cross-legged or squatting. The damage to their jaws from chewing the ends of their pens, which were made of reeds, to sharpen them. The damage to their thumbs from gripping these reeds for hours every day. They must have begged Thoth to tell them whether the benefits of scribedom were worth the pain. And Thoth must have replied, Thoth!