He's seen them now, but they're something new to this world; Tetsuo hasn't gotten around to breaking one apart to see how it works - however much power that is, he couldn't say for certain. That's true for a lot here; the tech is so different.
But underneath it, so many of the basic principles remain the same. Electricity fed around an axle. At its simplest, a rotating coil around a magnet. No matter to complexity, it's power converted into motion, potential to kinetic.
As the motor keeps going, his head tilts, eyes first widening, then narrowing in concentration. The motion's there, but the power... that's longer than it should take for momentum to die off. A lot longer. What is he watching?]
That's stored kinetic energy? [Wait.] No - a feedback loop...!
[Was THAT what Kazu meant!?
The temptation to reach out and spin it flares bright in his mind, almost acting before the thought consciously occurs to him. He can feel the power presses against his head, humming with pent-up energy he's not used since it returned, almost buzzing in his skull with raw potential. What would happen if he fed this machine? With what he could do... He shoves the impulse away. He's not done being angry at that very same power for cutting out on him when he needed it.
His eyes meet hers, for once, a fascinated glint replacing the dull, half-lifeless wariness they'd held so often lately.]
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He's seen them now, but they're something new to this world; Tetsuo hasn't gotten around to breaking one apart to see how it works - however much power that is, he couldn't say for certain. That's true for a lot here; the tech is so different.
But underneath it, so many of the basic principles remain the same. Electricity fed around an axle. At its simplest, a rotating coil around a magnet. No matter to complexity, it's power converted into motion, potential to kinetic.
As the motor keeps going, his head tilts, eyes first widening, then narrowing in concentration. The motion's there, but the power... that's longer than it should take for momentum to die off. A lot longer. What is he watching?]
That's stored kinetic energy? [Wait.] No - a feedback loop...!
[Was THAT what Kazu meant!?
The temptation to reach out and spin it flares bright in his mind, almost acting before the thought consciously occurs to him. He can feel the power presses against his head, humming with pent-up energy he's not used since it returned, almost buzzing in his skull with raw potential. What would happen if he fed this machine? With what he could do... He shoves the impulse away. He's not done being angry at that very same power for cutting out on him when he needed it.
His eyes meet hers, for once, a fascinated glint replacing the dull, half-lifeless wariness they'd held so often lately.]
What do you mean, 'fly'?