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3 - Action/Dictated - And so I come to the focus of my argument.

[ Elend's voice sound quite a bit like he's sitting in a tree. Rustling leaves and all that in the background. ]

I have a few questions, and I think quite a few of them will sound odder than others. Does anyone know where I can find some ... raw metal? Well, it needs to be the made stuff, but some pewter. And not this stuff with, ah, silver in it. I'm looking for 91 percent tin to 9 percent lead. And bronze that is 75 percent copper and 25 percent tin. And maybe some duralumin too - 96 percent aluminum, 4 percent copper. They don't need to be in particularly large amounts.

And the odd questions- Are most of your worlds like this? Blue sky, lots of green things, yellow sun, bright... white thing at night? Anyone from anywhere- ah, oops

[ that would be the sound of the journal falling and hitting something that shakes. ]

And I'd just gotten the hang of balance too...

[ Elend isn't exactly in the tree. He's floating, arms out for balance, over one side of the tree. His journal is in the branches quite a bit lower, but if he talks loudly maybe it will catch well. As for how he's up there... Well, searching might show some cutlery on the ground under him. ]

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The... bright white thing at night would be a moon.

I have yet to hear of someone who has been from anything different. Or at least drastically so.

Really? I've never heard of that- Oh, so that's how - I've never seen one.

Ah, well, I can be an odd one out.

I suppose, though now I have to ask - what color is the sky in your world?

Really? But it's the moon.

_{[The concept of it not being there at all is just mind boggling.]}

Well. I've never seen it - the ash clouds are always there.

Ash clouds? Like, from fires? That sort of ash?

From the ash-mounts.

Seeing anything but the sun in the sky is new to me.

So there is no moon in your world then?

And dare I ask what those are?

Seems like it.

.... Mountains that spew ash?

Uh, is there a reason you don't just wish for it?

If someone knows where to find some without wishing, wouldn't it be better to know in case this wishing doesn't last?

Hasn't run out in six years of constant use, but if you're that concerned you could try some of the smithies in town. They pretty much only have basic things, though.

Far as your other question, all worlds aren't like this by a long shot. Not anymore, anyway. Overall, though? Pretty damn common.

[Clow mostly heard that in passing, as he is out enjoying the hints of spring starting to show up. He glances up at the young man who spoke]

My understanding is that most worlds are like this, coloration-wise. Though people don't tend to float in the air.

[Unless said people are him, but Clow considers himself an exception to every rule]

"not anymore"? Has something happened to the ones you know?

Vin said Kelsier thought there was something wrong with ours, but its been that way for as long as any, ah, surviving records.

[ Elend grins down, although it seems to be an exercise in concentration because he starts slipping downwards. ]

Well, its new to me.

[ Slipping down a little more. Can he reach his journal yet? Nope. ]

I'm figuring them out, and this seemed the ... perhaps easiest? way to.

Yeah. It did. [Though he won't elaborate unless pressed. Glassing a world is...nothing pleasant.]

You guys all live indoors where you're from, or what? Scorched atmosphere?

Nobles mostly stay put - unless there's a party or ball going on. Skaa are.. a peasant class, so they had to be out and about. Just... one, maybe two feet of ash on a bad day.

[ And no one got really bad lung trouble from living in that, but Elend isn't aware he isn't exactly normal human. Lord Ruler managed some delicate stuff on the people he kept up north. ]

... I'm not quite sure what an 'atmosphere' is.

Yeah. Sounds like you have either a scorched atmosphere, or way more volcanic activity than most places.

Atmosphere means everything that's in the air around us. What makes the sky blue, here. In places with a lot of dust or debris in the atmosphere, it's more likely to be orange or red or even grey. Because the air's really clear here, we can see things that are beyond it - the sun, moon, stars....

The clouds would be part of it then. Fascinating. Only a Tineye could see the stars back home, and we didn't have a moon - the night-sun thing.

If volcanic activity means mountains that spit ash, then we have quite a few of those around the central dominance.

You'll get used to it - though no doubt you'll have no few people asking you about your own world, if it's so different from this one.

I'm more curious as to whether you're using magic or technology for that little trick myself.

If you want a basic idea of how it works, check out some of the astronomy books in the kids' section of the library. Once you know the terminology, you can look at some of the more complex works if you're interested. But that's essentially right - the ash probably blocks your view of everything else in the atmosphere. If it were to clear up, this would all seem normal to you.

Sounds like a good idea.

[ He could always read more. Reading is nice- ]

Allomancy, which I guess would be magic because I am not really sure what technology means-

[ He's wavering and trying to catch onto his journal, so he's a bit distracted. Which is why he's going up and down so much- ]

Good luck with that - and with finding that metal.

[He doesn't ask what this guy needs specific alloy for. After all, he'd needed metals just as specific when he needed to make repairs to his vehicles. Everyone had reasons.]

Mountains that spew ash? Volcanoes?

How odd... it makes me wonder about the flow of ocean tides then, and how do you count the passing of the months and the seasons?

Technology would be machines. Science. Magic generally covers other powers those don't - though we could argue about distinction, I suppose. But I'm more interested in hearing more about this 'allomancy'.

Ah- just a moment-

[ He's got his journal again, flicks it shut for now, and his descent is a bit smoother to the ground. ]

I suppose that's like canneries then.

[ His world is pretty far behind, oops- ]

If I remember right, its "alloy" and "mancy", which sort of means its "metal magic". Lets see if I can get the Pull right...

[ It results in two of three spoons sailing calmly for him, but one he had to snatch before it tried to stab him. ]

If that's what volcanoes are?

... we just keep track of days. The sun comes up, it goes down. If its longer out, its summer, if its snowing, its winter.

... And if moons go with tides... I've never heard mention of those either.

How does a moon help with seasons and months?

It helps one keep track of them - the moon waxes and wanes, and each phase of this is a month. The moon corresponds with the tides - the levels of the water.

Well, yes, to my knowledge. Unless a rather large dragon has taken up residence.

Yes, that would be the proper Greek breakdown. So do you work magic with metals, or on metals? Or, well, both, I suppose. I think we all dabble in a little of both, but aside from mage-smiths, never enough to give it it's own name.

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