On the subject of RW science I'm going to cheat and take the God Learner
option. After all, it was most likely the GL's who began to consider such
questions as why Air aids the burning of Fire and would therefore be the
culture most responsible for answering such dilemas. Not wishing to sound
_too_ God Learnerish, but it is obvious that such things occur due to the
Great Compromise. Yep, that old chestnut again : ) The Compromise calls for
all the gods (and therefore elements) to have an equal and shared place in
the world, a compromise, a friendship, working together to succeed. Why
does a candle need air to burn? Because the Compromise says that it does -
just as Fire and Storm came together to create life when the world itself
was almost destroyed, so shall storm and fire work together to give life to
the flame - take one away and there is no heat, no light, no life. Why does
a fish need aerated water? Because just as the Storm gods invaded the seas
in Godtime and took from the Sea gods land and territory, these victories
must be realized within the Compromise as concessions for the Air gods.
They have earned the right to force all creatures to _need_ air, to rely
upon them, to accept their place in the Cosmos. I think all physical laws
can be explained as such. Of course, in the Sky Dome you do not need air to
breath, fire needs to air to burn and there is no darkness. Deep sea
creatures from the lower portions of the HeroPlane are exempt from these
rules for they also need to air. Anything from outside the Inner World is
exempt from such physical laws.
What about non-Western societies, and other cultures that don't believe in
the Compromise? Simply, any non-Westerner who is thinking about such things
will be hung for being a God Learner and asking such questions : )
All IMO,
Nikk E.
Nikk Effingham
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"If absolute power corrupts absolutely
where does that leave god?"
--George Daacon
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