“And this is our design for a sword edged with a topological defect. We probably shouldn’t go to prototype before we can better simulate the consequences, though.”
“Why, what are the consequences?”
“‘If on your journey, you should pass through the universe, the universe will be cut.’“
– overheard at the Eye-in-the-Flame booth, ArmsCon 7900, Everlasting Science Fair
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