Ah, it's-- yes. It's a planet. I mean, no. I mean that we have planets, but that Kalvad is a country on-- [she sets down her pen. Re-calibrates.] Kalvad is currently - or was currently, at the time I left it - going through a period of change. So it is difficult to--
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Kalvadan technology is a combination of mechanization and enchantment. The empire used to be build on its interests abroad and local agricultural markets. Small industry, local production, and so on, but in the last generation as Talent has become more widely accessible, we've moved into automation. For example, when I first began my apprenticeship my work revolved around the maintenance of enchantments on the large looms in the spinning district. They do textile production? And er... [Wysteria glances about the room as if trying to grasp the particulars.] We have lights indoors? Other than candles, I mean. Not everywhere. We had lamps where I grew up. But in Somerset, the city's prominent quarters have all been tied into the-- well, the concept of the Veil here is not so different from it. The space between spaces. But the magic there isn't like it is here. Or it hasn't been for some time. It is more [searching for the word] formulaic?
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Ah, it's-- yes. It's a planet. I mean, no. I mean that we have planets, but that Kalvad is a country on-- [she sets down her pen. Re-calibrates.] Kalvad is currently - or was currently, at the time I left it - going through a period of change. So it is difficult to--
[Start big, go small.]
Kalvadan technology is a combination of mechanization and enchantment. The empire used to be build on its interests abroad and local agricultural markets. Small industry, local production, and so on, but in the last generation as Talent has become more widely accessible, we've moved into automation. For example, when I first began my apprenticeship my work revolved around the maintenance of enchantments on the large looms in the spinning district. They do textile production? And er... [Wysteria glances about the room as if trying to grasp the particulars.] We have lights indoors? Other than candles, I mean. Not everywhere. We had lamps where I grew up. But in Somerset, the city's prominent quarters have all been tied into the-- well, the concept of the Veil here is not so different from it. The space between spaces. But the magic there isn't like it is here. Or it hasn't been for some time. It is more [searching for the word] formulaic?