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Madrys has two ether circuits:

1) her core, which never loses any energy and is thus a perpetual motion machine

2) her body, or frame, which does use up energy. However, this energy comes from a separate tank of fuel, not her core.

Also, as for violating thermodynamics, we can always say that the Generator works by forcibly drawing power out of Omestris through the ether of his people, however no one has realized this as of yet.
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You mean a continual, gradual drain on the occupants of the Karamzina? Provided its marginally less than the occupants' natural ether regrowth, that sounds great at well. And also pretty revolutionary, for lack of a needle and specific extraction time.