Balance

Myriad Reality

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That's... unique.

@Fractured

*Shrugs* You never know.

Myriad Reality

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You're not the size of a moon, either.

@Fractured

I'm not. You know, I might accidentally summon a planet-sized space puppy to play with the moon like a ball if that happened.

Myriad Reality

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The same thing as what?

@Fractured

Maybe the same thing as the field. I don't know, I've never had a projectile bigger than myself hit me before. No one's ever thrown a moon at me.

Myriad Reality

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What does that do?

@Fractured

Usually the same thing.

Myriad Reality

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What if the projectile is bigger than you?

@Fractured

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.

Myriad Reality

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That does sound useful.

@Fractured

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

Myriad Reality

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What's the advantage to doing that?

@Fractured

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.

Myriad Reality

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That's a bit of an oxymoron.

@Fractured

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.

Myriad Reality

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What's a good definition, then?

@Fractured

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.

Myriad Reality

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Is it really random then?

@Fractured

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