Well... one way of doing it formed connections between their minds so they could share knowledge with each other and everyone could benefit from it. The Akasha system isn't functioning on as wide a scale anymore, but a modified version of it helped a lot in a very difficult situation.
The other way has to do with forming elemental connections between creatures. It only ever lasted for a minute or so, though. So... it definitely wasn't the same thing we're talking about here.
But the concept doesn't seem so strange to me, I guess.
Oh. Yeah, Shenhe mentioned something about wielding elements so I guess that makes some sense. There's nothing really like that where I'm from. And we don't have an Akasha thing either unless you count the internet? It...sort of sounds like that without it being a mindmeld or something.
Yeah. You can access a whole network either on a computer or even on a phone like the kind we woke up with. Makes it a lot easier to get answers to things you aren't expecting to need to know.
[so even in worlds without the akasha - without the gnoses, even - humans are capable of creating something like that all on their own. it's fascinating to think about.]
I wonder how it works... the Akasha system in Sumeru was powered by elemental energy, but you don't have that in your world, do you?
No, but we have electricity? And there are some things that use the elements, I guess, like hydro-powered machinery or anything that runs on gas and heat. The internet's like...kind of electricity but it's something else, too. Someone else from an Earth might be able to explain it better.
That's not something you need to apologize for. Even hearing the basics gives me somewhere to start if I want to look into it myself, so I appreciate it.
Glad to hear it. [ glances at the date. ] ...enjoy the rest of your cake, okay? I'm going to go see if I can find anything that might've changed since yesterday.
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Well... one way of doing it formed connections between their minds so they could share knowledge with each other and everyone could benefit from it. The Akasha system isn't functioning on as wide a scale anymore, but a modified version of it helped a lot in a very difficult situation.
The other way has to do with forming elemental connections between creatures. It only ever lasted for a minute or so, though. So... it definitely wasn't the same thing we're talking about here.
But the concept doesn't seem so strange to me, I guess.
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It's an informational tool, then...?
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Yeah. You can access a whole network either on a computer or even on a phone like the kind we woke up with. Makes it a lot easier to get answers to things you aren't expecting to need to know.
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[so even in worlds without the akasha - without the gnoses, even - humans are capable of creating something like that all on their own. it's fascinating to think about.]
I wonder how it works... the Akasha system in Sumeru was powered by elemental energy, but you don't have that in your world, do you?
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[she's nodding to herself. that makes sense - it's just the elements harnessed in a different form.
too bad she can't just go wikipedia browsing.]
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Sorry. I'm not...great at explaining stuff like that. I don't know how it all works.
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nahida can't read his thoughts, but you can. ]
Good point. Then how about this? Any time either of us faces a problem that needs extra thinking, we can ask each other.
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That's a good plan. I'll be sure to come to you if I need to talk anything out.
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See you around, Jonas.