Then your science is far, far more advanced than that of my world! Your armor, though, looks archaic, something from the world of old. It seems quite well-made nonetheless.
Turning lead into gold would wreck the world's economy, but that seems like a crime that would be quite common if enough people knew this alchemy.
The penalties aren't worth it. And anyway, you can't get something from nothing. You'd need enormous quantities of the raw materials that make up gold to get enough to make it worth while.
Hmm. Why wear a standard suit of armor, then, in the summer and the midst of such technology?
Perhaps he's some kind of metal-creature? That may explain why he doesn't feel quite...right.
You must be quite the intellectual. It probably takes years to learn such a skill even without the brains to back it. What else can you do, aside from transmute materials like that?
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Date: 2009-08-19 02:48 am (UTC)Turning lead into gold would wreck the world's economy, but that seems like a crime that would be quite common if enough people knew this alchemy.
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Date: 2009-08-19 02:57 am (UTC)The penalties aren't worth it. And anyway, you can't get something from nothing. You'd need enormous quantities of the raw materials that make up gold to get enough to make it worth while.
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Date: 2009-08-19 03:03 am (UTC)Perhaps he's some kind of metal-creature? That may explain why he doesn't feel quite...right.You must be quite the intellectual. It probably takes years to learn such a skill even without the brains to back it. What else can you do, aside from transmute materials like that?
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Date: 2009-08-19 03:05 am (UTC)It does take a very long time to learn. I've been studying since I could read.
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Date: 2009-08-19 03:10 am (UTC)......It's good, that what you decided to do so young is what you still love.
It's a pity that the Unit had to disband.no subject
Date: 2009-08-19 03:18 am (UTC)I didn't really -- we just wanted her to praise us.I'm sorry. I'm Alphonse.
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Date: 2009-08-19 03:24 am (UTC)It's a pleasure to meet you, Alphonse.
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Date: 2009-08-19 03:28 am (UTC)