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[balletrat]

*Meg heads into the bar through the front door, and sits down at a stool with coffee and a look of some relief.

She looks like she's had a long day. Which in fact she has.*

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[armoralchemy.livejournal.com]

"Turning lead into gold is illegal, but we do other things. Like fix things."

[balletrat]

Well, that makes sense, otherwise the currency would be all messed up, *says Meg wisely, who does know a little about politics.*

- fix things like things, or like people?

[armoralchemy.livejournal.com]

"Things. People are hard to fix."

[balletrat]

Understandable, *Meg admits, and grins, a little ruefully.*

So, this alchemy stuff - is it playing with mechanics, or what? I mean, this rose is pretty sophisticated - not to mention beautiful, of course.

[armoralchemy.livejournal.com]

"Alchemy is the science of transmuting matter from one form to another. Like turning one of these -" he picks up a plastic straw - "into that." He points at the rose.

[balletrat]

. . . that's a science? *Meg says, rather dubiously, but accepts this as Her Own Ignorance.*

Well, that sounds useful, anyways. Can you turn anything into anything?