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[firebornfidelis]

Again?

[Huge brown eyes fill the screen. The little girl is examining the Forge much too closely, although she does know this time that the video is on. It's rather dark around her, but the Forge casts enough light to show some clothing hanging behind her and Hayate sitting beside her. She seems to have taken the dog and hidden herself away in the

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[thenobledie]

You may return soon.

[ vagueness. it is coming for you, riza. ]

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[thenobledie]

[ soft smile. because as long as riza doesn't forget that, it's okay in shirley's book. ]

He?

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[firebornfidelis]

Um. My father. He's an alchemist. He works a lot.

['A lot' in this case is an extreme understatement.]

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[thenobledie]

His work must be important.

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[firebornfidelis]

Yeah, I think it must be. He says so a lot. He's making a new kind of alchemy.

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[thenobledie]

And what is alchemy?

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[firebornfidelis]

[Blink.]

It's a science. Where people learn how to turn one thing into another things. Or alter the structure of the thing they have. I think.

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[thenobledie]

I have never heard of such science. It sounds very much like transformation magic.

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[firebornfidelis]

It's called transmutation. So maybe it is like that, only it isn't magic.

[Even if it looks like magic sometimes to one who doesn't know how to do it.]

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[thenobledie]

[ thoughtful moment. ]

This transmutation sounds freer, though.

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[firebornfidelis]

Freer?

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[thenobledie]

Magic is limited in its usage and purpose.

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[firebornfidelis]

Oh. Alchemy is limited, too. There is a law called Equivalent Exchange. It means that an alchemist can't make something out of nothing. Um. Like if he wanted to make a statue, he would have to start with enough stone. He couldn't make it out of a flower or something.

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[thenobledie]

I see. I imagine statued flowers would be beautiful, though.

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[firebornfidelis]

...

Yeah. I bet they would.