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|Value {{EO|140 - 160}} = In Parabola, motive is matter. Certain calculations can only be performed in the right frame of mind, through the temporary adoption of exacting beliefs. | |Value {{EO|140 - 160}} = In Parabola, motive is matter. Certain calculations can only be performed in the right frame of mind, through the temporary adoption of exacting beliefs. | ||
|Value {{EO|210}} = Mirrors have been known to react to cats and honey, but what is the mechanism of this reaction? What methodology could be used to study it effectively? | |Value {{EO|210}} = Mirrors have been known to react to cats and honey, but what is the mechanism of this reaction? What methodology could be used to study it effectively? | ||
− | |Value {{EO|230}}, {{EO|250 | + | |Value {{EO|230}}, {{EO|250}} = If maps are treacherous, are the territories they represent any more reliable? And if not, do they have tendencies, proclivities, vices that can be predicted and exploited? |
|Value {{EO|240}} = The task is to assemble a map, but its component pieces need not be themselves maps. They can be charts, poems, love letters, fragments from dream diaries, old palimpsests, tea stains carefully cut out from paper... | |Value {{EO|240}} = The task is to assemble a map, but its component pieces need not be themselves maps. They can be charts, poems, love letters, fragments from dream diaries, old palimpsests, tea stains carefully cut out from paper... | ||
|Value {{EO|310}}, {{EO|320}}, {{EO|330}}, {{EO|350}}, {{EO|360}} = Can a machine manufacture laws? Can you turn an edict on a lathe, forge a commandment, smelt a taboo? | |Value {{EO|310}}, {{EO|320}}, {{EO|330}}, {{EO|350}}, {{EO|360}} = Can a machine manufacture laws? Can you turn an edict on a lathe, forge a commandment, smelt a taboo? | ||
− | |Value {{EO|410}} - {{EO|495}}, {{EO|510}} - {{EO|540}}, {{EO|610}} = What does it mean to be monstrous? Some would say it is merely an external observation, imputed onto one by others. But perhaps there is an inherent element of monstrousness; one that might be distilled, removed, or increased. | + | |Value {{EO|410}} - {{EO|485}}, {{EO|495}}, {{EO|510}} - {{EO|540}}, {{EO|610}} = What does it mean to be monstrous? Some would say it is merely an external observation, imputed onto one by others. But perhaps there is an inherent element of monstrousness; one that might be distilled, removed, or increased. |
|Value {{EO|920}} = One thinks of railway steel as a surface on which trains ride. But perhaps it serves a dual purpose. Perhaps it means something to the earth beneath it, too – a cage? A brace? An adornment? | |Value {{EO|920}} = One thinks of railway steel as a surface on which trains ride. But perhaps it serves a dual purpose. Perhaps it means something to the earth beneath it, too – a cage? A brace? An adornment? | ||
− | |Value {{EO|930 | + | |Value {{EO|930}}, {{EO|940}}, {{EO|950}}, {{EO|980}}, {{EO|990}} = The substance is toxic, but only in some circumstances. And what metabolic changes might render it safe to consume? |
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|Value {{EO|1010}} - {{EO|1050}}, {{EO|1210}}, {{EO|1320}}, {{EO|1340}} = The letters burn – but what's in the ash they leave behind? | |Value {{EO|1010}} - {{EO|1050}}, {{EO|1210}}, {{EO|1320}}, {{EO|1340}} = The letters burn – but what's in the ash they leave behind? | ||
|Value {{EO|1350}} = Someone from the Khanate – someone with considerable gifts as an artificer – made this piece out of a much, much older material. | |Value {{EO|1350}} = Someone from the Khanate – someone with considerable gifts as an artificer – made this piece out of a much, much older material. |