[ it is common language enough, alhaitham thinks. ]
Plumbing evolves. The history of plumbing stems from the mere creation of slanted tiled spaces that carry waste water down a gully; it evolved them into simple, slanted drainage to carry waste water down basic clay pipes, carried only via the power of gravity. Since then, improvements have been made incrementally in each and every shape and form: tapered pipes to prevent sediment build-up, perfect joint sockets to prevent leakage, a sophisticated understanding of water pressure and s-shaped piping to prevent the back-lash of gas build-up.
[ the green of alhaitham's eyes stand only to accentuate the rust-red of his iris. it burns like something terribly inhuman as he assesses, first, the light playing across his book, and second, the set of kaveh's gaze. ] But through it all, the fundamentals have not changed: water enters a pipe, and exits the other end.
[ the lazy flick of alhaitham's wrist. he goes on: ]
In this analogy, the Grail is the piping. Over hundreds of years, the quality of the magic circuits built into the Greater Grail has gained sophistication, its formulae have been tweaked, its base components stripped down and reapplied through the hands of masters. It has gained in efficiency and accuracy both. The mana that travels from the Throne of Heroes to the Grail activation sequence runs through fine pipes the size and consistency of spider webbing. But, I assert: no matter how complex the system has grown, the fundamentals have not changed. Mana enters a pipe, and exits the other end.
[ bloodless, with the confidence of immovable stone: ] I am the pipe. Human hands can create a faulty arrangement of pipes, but the pipe itself cannot be wrong. You cannot fault stone for having been carved into its shape; you cannot fault the flow of wind across the valley. I cannot be faulted, because I am not capable of making that mistake.
Therefore, if there has been a mistake, it could only have occurred in two place: at the source itself, within the Throne of Heroes, or in the translation of your mana to this current era.
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Date: 2023-07-02 08:00 am (UTC)Plumbing evolves. The history of plumbing stems from the mere creation of slanted tiled spaces that carry waste water down a gully; it evolved them into simple, slanted drainage to carry waste water down basic clay pipes, carried only via the power of gravity. Since then, improvements have been made incrementally in each and every shape and form: tapered pipes to prevent sediment build-up, perfect joint sockets to prevent leakage, a sophisticated understanding of water pressure and s-shaped piping to prevent the back-lash of gas build-up.
[ the green of alhaitham's eyes stand only to accentuate the rust-red of his iris. it burns like something terribly inhuman as he assesses, first, the light playing across his book, and second, the set of kaveh's gaze. ] But through it all, the fundamentals have not changed: water enters a pipe, and exits the other end.
[ the lazy flick of alhaitham's wrist. he goes on: ]
In this analogy, the Grail is the piping. Over hundreds of years, the quality of the magic circuits built into the Greater Grail has gained sophistication, its formulae have been tweaked, its base components stripped down and reapplied through the hands of masters. It has gained in efficiency and accuracy both. The mana that travels from the Throne of Heroes to the Grail activation sequence runs through fine pipes the size and consistency of spider webbing. But, I assert: no matter how complex the system has grown, the fundamentals have not changed. Mana enters a pipe, and exits the other end.
[ bloodless, with the confidence of immovable stone: ] I am the pipe. Human hands can create a faulty arrangement of pipes, but the pipe itself cannot be wrong. You cannot fault stone for having been carved into its shape; you cannot fault the flow of wind across the valley. I cannot be faulted, because I am not capable of making that mistake.
Therefore, if there has been a mistake, it could only have occurred in two place: at the source itself, within the Throne of Heroes, or in the translation of your mana to this current era.