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Isn't chaos unstable?

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I can’t imagine it ever would be a great time.

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A far cry from the initial image I was given of you. Nearly had me excited.

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Well, yeah. But even without Harmonic Chaos, the old Lords of Chaos in my line could usually get it to go where they wanted it to. Just takes aim and focus.

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How does that work?

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The power has a lot to do with your own imagination. It usually applies random effects or transformations, but the randomness isn't from a vacuum. It's from your own mind. Adjust your subconscious and you can hone in the effects.

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Is it really random then?

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Well, no. I don't think randomness is a great definition of chaos, anyway.

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What's a good definition, then?

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It's something to do with chaotic systems. Those are when a small change in the initial condition makes a big change in the final result. It's not exactly random: like, for example, the double pendulum is chaotic, but everything it does makes sense and looks reasonable, you just can't calculate why. It's about that kind of predictable unpredictability.

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That's a bit of an oxymoron.

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I mean, I guess. But it's like, I don't know, chocolate rain. It's still liquid and it's still raining; it's just chocolate. Turning a couch into a battering ram. Turning all the paint in the room into gaudy palm tree wallpaper.

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What's the advantage to doing that?

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Well, none in particular, not any of those three. Unless I want to sling a couch battering ram at somebody. But it's useful in other ways; I have a field around me that messes with projectile attacks.

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That does sound useful.

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It's great. Helps me get into close-quarters, where I shine the best.

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What if the projectile is bigger than you?

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Uh, good question. At that point I'd probably just jump out of the way. Or hit it back and blast it with chaos magic.

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What does that do?

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Usually the same thing.

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The same thing as what?