In the middle of all this talk about the Arks, a reminder that I forgot to work into the post- The reason they have a mother/father binary dynamic going on is because Ark reproduction is, in fact, sexual. They might not have an actual sex, but it does take two to tango- Think of it as each ship's manufacturing units only being able to produce some of the required organs. Lif won't have his fleet until the Diaphanes agree to it.

[quote=Just pulling this out of the summary to make it more visible, since it wasn't mentioned in the post body][b]Termizzle's note- Phi wasn't exactly lying through her teeth here, but she's definitely downplayed what a decrease in Elemental power would mean for mortal societies, passing it off as a moral issue neither she nor Jvan feels much for. Elementals tend to stabilise processes like monsoons and volcanic eruptions that are beneficial in moderation, but would cause damage if they disappear or go unregulated.[/b][/quote]

Change-eaters, of course, do nothing of the sort. They just disintegrate whatever they find.

[quote=@poog the pig]
>Toun and Teknall conspiring to take the God-Killer from Lifprasil

This won't go very well, I would think.[/quote]

[i]Tira has some concerns[/i]

[quote=@poog the pig]
That's like, his favorite play-thing.
[/quote]

[i]TIRA HAS SOME CONCERNS[/i]