[he's begun gathering up various vials and containers, assembling them onto the table where Izumo is waiting]
We did! Our father is a really great alchemist, and alchemy is a science that relies a lot on chemistry, so we had lots of books on it that we used to read all the time.
[he lights up a burner and begins to add various things into an extra-large glass beaker, listing them as he does:]
Sodium Hydroxide, Hydrogen Dioxide, and Zinc [he stirs the mysterious liquid as it heats] makes Sodium Zincate with [the solution begins to fizz and bubble] hydrogen gas separating out.
[he seems satisfied with how things are looking, and proceeds to just...jam his armored glove into the beaker with its boiling liquid, leaving it in there for several minutes as he continues to chat away]
It hasn't helped me figure out how to get out of here, I'm afraid, but wherever we are does have the same physical and chemical properties as where I came from. Maybe it'll help eventually.
[he withdraws his hand, which has gone from a dull bluish gray to a shiny silver finish, and shows it off]
[ izumo listens to al recount everything thoughtfully and watches him point out all of the chemicals and the like. (in retrospect why didn't al go investigate the lab...sobs. he would have been the ideal candidate......)
maybe she should be concerned. though she's interested in "alchemy" actually works like how it's described. provide to change one item into another: coal into gold, the most commonly sought out proof. ]
I'm impressed that you know all of this offhand. I only manage to know these things because I've studied it. [ hmmm. ] But this is all natural to you.
We spent a lot of time reading my father's books when we were kids. There were ones about all kinds of different sciences. Not really any storybooks or anything.
[now he's just casually holding his hand over the burner's open flame, which causes the silvery coating to slowly change to gold]
Anyway, a lot scientific progress happened because people were trying to discover the secret to alchemy, but there's no magic to it. Everything in the world is made of something, and if you know what, you can change it with energy.
[the procedure complete, he gives her a golden thumbs up]
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We did! Our father is a really great alchemist, and alchemy is a science that relies a lot on chemistry, so we had lots of books on it that we used to read all the time.
[he lights up a burner and begins to add various things into an extra-large glass beaker, listing them as he does:]
Sodium Hydroxide, Hydrogen Dioxide, and Zinc [he stirs the mysterious liquid as it heats] makes Sodium Zincate with [the solution begins to fizz and bubble] hydrogen gas separating out.
[he seems satisfied with how things are looking, and proceeds to just...jam his armored glove into the beaker with its boiling liquid, leaving it in there for several minutes as he continues to chat away]
It hasn't helped me figure out how to get out of here, I'm afraid, but wherever we are does have the same physical and chemical properties as where I came from. Maybe it'll help eventually.
[he withdraws his hand, which has gone from a dull bluish gray to a shiny silver finish, and shows it off]
Neat, huh? The process is called electroplating.
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maybe she should be concerned. though she's interested in "alchemy" actually works like how it's described. provide to change one item into another: coal into gold, the most commonly sought out proof. ]
I'm impressed that you know all of this offhand. I only manage to know these things because I've studied it. [ hmmm. ] But this is all natural to you.
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[now he's just casually holding his hand over the burner's open flame, which causes the silvery coating to slowly change to gold]
Anyway, a lot scientific progress happened because people were trying to discover the secret to alchemy, but there's no magic to it. Everything in the world is made of something, and if you know what, you can change it with energy.
[the procedure complete, he gives her a golden thumbs up]