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[makesthings]

Sameth has taken over a table and covered it with the pieces of various kitchen gadgets. He never knew there could be so many kinds of wafflemakers or ways to make sandwiches.

At the moment, he has an all in one egg sandwich maker taken apart and he's trying to figure out the non-stick coating.

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[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Yeah, magic does seem to usually be a kind of -- add-on," Yamato remarks. "Something that a lot of people use, but the world would keep on ticking if it was gone."

[makesthings]

"Yes, while without the Charter, there wouldn't be an Old Kingdom. Everyone is connected to it," Sameth moves his hair to show the Charter mark there.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

Yamato cocks his head, eyeing the Charter mark. It almost reminds him of a Crest. Almost.

"So if the Charter went away, the Old Kingdom would just vanish?"

[makesthings]

"I don't think it would be that gentle, the Old Kingdom would be destroyed. It almost happened when there was the Destroyer and we barely managed to defeat him,"

They wouldn't have without Yrael's help.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Right, full on apocalypse, then, along with everyone in it," Yamato murmurs. "Good thing you managed to stop that from happening."

[makesthings]

"Yes, happened at the same time as the apocalypse here too. Me and my family, it took all of us with help," Sameth sags in his seat, that was a horrible couple of times.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Right, I've heard about that," Yamato says. "How long ago was it, in your world?"

[makesthings]

"Not very long, a few months while its been years here."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Still in that post-near-apocalypse period of upheaval, then."

[makesthings]

"Not as much upheaval now more resettling and understanding how things are now."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Did a lot change? Or are things basically as they were before?"

[makesthings]

"Not that much, it has for some people like my newly met aunt is now Abhorsen-in-Waiting and I've been working on making her a new hand. She lost hers fighting the Destroyer. And there are refugees to settle on the border."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Refugees from Ancelstierre or from the Old Kingdom?"

[makesthings]

"Ancelstierre, they didn't have the space for them and we do."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I guess that makes sense. If the Old Kingdom works on entirely different rules, though, that's going to be a shock to the system for them."

[makesthings]

"Yes, that's one of the big things we're working on."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Can't be easy. What kind of problems have you run into?"

[makesthings]

"The Southerlings don't really believe in magic so trying to explain the Charter and how to live with it as part of their lives has been the hardest."

Milliways has been a help there as Sameth's a little better at talking to people without a frame of reference and how he makes things can help. He can make the Charter tangible for them.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"Why wouldn't they believe in it if it's right there in front of them?"

[makesthings]

"Many of them are believing in it but the first couple of days were tricky. Mainly now the problem is that they don't think to use it when they can."

[angry_friendship_wolf]

"I guess that'd take some adjusting. They've been used to it not existing for their entire lives, it's not going to immediately occur to them as a solution to problems now."

[makesthings]

"No, and they are figuring it out. People are fairly adaptable. I had to get used to not being able to use it that much when I went to school in Ancelstierre."