[Her hand stays put - at first as an afterthought and then as some kind of stabilizing presence.
In the factory districts of Somerset, there are the textile mills with their massive looms and their network of moving parts and threaded tines all running perpetually by great turning wheels. She has seen one still only once, and she thinks of it now— the process of sending it spinning again, and the power it drove and was driven by.
She isn'ta creature bred for homesickness, but maybe this is some cousin to it. He certainly paints a lovely picture.
Wistfully:]
Fade-iation sounds ridiculous. [Sharpening now—] But oh, the rest of it is quite marvelous! What is the ratio of lyrium between the inner core and the outer ring? And then, is the power feeding into a series of traditional runes? If yes, then the modification of the use of that power would be as simple as a cast of new engravings. My Gods, can you imagine the practical implications! You could enchant the whole of Riftwatch down to their shoe nails, given enough material.
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In the factory districts of Somerset, there are the textile mills with their massive looms and their network of moving parts and threaded tines all running perpetually by great turning wheels. She has seen one still only once, and she thinks of it now— the process of sending it spinning again, and the power it drove and was driven by.
She isn'ta creature bred for homesickness, but maybe this is some cousin to it. He certainly paints a lovely picture.
Wistfully:]
Fade-iation sounds ridiculous. [Sharpening now—] But oh, the rest of it is quite marvelous! What is the ratio of lyrium between the inner core and the outer ring? And then, is the power feeding into a series of traditional runes? If yes, then the modification of the use of that power would be as simple as a cast of new engravings. My Gods, can you imagine the practical implications! You could enchant the whole of Riftwatch down to their shoe nails, given enough material.