[ 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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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]