>I can see your point of view David, but my approach is different. Let me ask
>you a couple questions about your Glorantha.
>1) If you put a candle in a jar and seal the jar, what happens?
The candle burns up all the available air fuel, and goes out.
>2) If you put a fish in a bottle of water without any plants and seal the
>bottle, what happens?
The fish is caught off the necessary food of the seas, and starves to death.
>In my Glorantha, the candle goes out in seconds and the fish dies in hours.
>If I ventilate the jar, then the candle keeps burning.
I agree - more fuel is brought to the candle flame.
>If I aerate the water, then the fish lives until it starves.
I let in some of the aerial waters, which bring in some food, though too little to let the fish survive in the long run.
You see that you can treat these problems without treating air any other way than other fuel.
This should satisfy your approach.
>So, in my Glorantha, there is some vital essence in Air that is essential
>for the maintenance of life. It also seems to be essential for the
>maintenance of normal fire
In both cases, air can be seen as one of several essential fuels.
Too much fuel can smother a flame.
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