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Lew found himself surrounded by a luminosity new to him, not even observed in dreams, nor easily attributable to the smoke-inflected sun beginning to light Chicago.
He understood that things were exactly what they were. It seemed more than he could bear.
— Dec 03, 2025 06:25AM
He understood that things were exactly what they were. It seemed more than he could bear.
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“…modern chemistry only starts coming in to replace alchemy around the same time capitalism really gets going…What do you make of that?”
Webb nodded agreeably. “Maybe capitalism decided it didn’t need the old magic anymore…Had their own magic…instead of turning lead into gold, they could take poor people’s sweat and turn it into green-backs, and save that lead for enforcement purposes.”
— Dec 11, 2025 05:37AM
Webb nodded agreeably. “Maybe capitalism decided it didn’t need the old magic anymore…Had their own magic…instead of turning lead into gold, they could take poor people’s sweat and turn it into green-backs, and save that lead for enforcement purposes.”
