For a moment Fred thought she was just going to wither and die on the spot, like the words themselves were trying to suck out her soul here and now.
Oh, we're believing demons now, are we? The tiny voice of protest was enough to jolt some sense back into her, and she forced herself to stand up a little straighter even though she was trying not to tremble inside.
"That's not true. It's the first law of thermodynamics: energy can neither be created nor destroyed, and a soul is just mystical energy."
That was right; one couldn't argue with the laws of physics.
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Date: 2010-10-13 05:10 pm (UTC)For a moment Fred thought she was just going to wither and die on the spot, like the words themselves were trying to suck out her soul here and now.
Oh, we're believing demons now, are we? The tiny voice of protest was enough to jolt some sense back into her, and she forced herself to stand up a little straighter even though she was trying not to tremble inside.
"That's not true. It's the first law of thermodynamics: energy can neither be created nor destroyed, and a soul is just mystical energy."
That was right; one couldn't argue with the laws of physics.