Then he understood. It wasn’t a letter cipher. It was a phonetic cipher. Say the phrase backwards as sounds, not letters.
“Cipher active. Type your question.” Download- ajml tyz rbyt ydhnha balmzlq wytyha...
– decoded properly this time with the key he finally found: each word is a reversed common phrase. Then he understood
“ajml” → “lmja” → sounds like “Elm-jah” → “Message.” Download- ajml tyz rbyt ydhnha balmzlq wytyha...
The letters rearranged themselves instantly: