[ She smiles smiles in response to his dead-pan stare, pleased with this outcome. ]
Good deal.
[ As the contents of the cauldron begin to simmer, Pyra explains: ] Most worlds, including mine, are made up of energy and matter. We have the traditional "elements" like fire, water, air, earth, darkness, and so forth that people had originally categorized, but these are all made up of other elements-- the elements that humans have discovered based on the amount of protons in each atom. And then, broken down, those particles are made up of elementary particles, and even beyond that.
We call the combined matrix of all of these elements, of that matter-energy state that makes up the world... ether.
My fire isn't... the traditional fire-element that those in my world can produce. [ She lifts up a hand, generating a small flame. ] It's derived ether, [ Even if ether does make up fire, because, energy!! ] tempered down to look and behave like normal fire. [ It can't be put out with water, for instance, it doesn't require anything to burn and is smokeless, but it can generate enough heat on its own to light things on actual fire.
...She's not going to tell him what she is, but she feels like this is enough to give him food for thought. ]
no subject
Good deal.
[ As the contents of the cauldron begin to simmer, Pyra explains: ] Most worlds, including mine, are made up of energy and matter. We have the traditional "elements" like fire, water, air, earth, darkness, and so forth that people had originally categorized, but these are all made up of other elements-- the elements that humans have discovered based on the amount of protons in each atom. And then, broken down, those particles are made up of elementary particles, and even beyond that.
We call the combined matrix of all of these elements, of that matter-energy state that makes up the world... ether.
My fire isn't... the traditional fire-element that those in my world can produce. [ She lifts up a hand, generating a small flame. ] It's derived ether, [ Even if ether does make up fire, because, energy!! ] tempered down to look and behave like normal fire. [ It can't be put out with water, for instance, it doesn't require anything to burn and is smokeless, but it can generate enough heat on its own to light things on actual fire.
...She's not going to tell him what she is, but she feels like this is enough to give him food for thought. ]