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[exequies]

the very old smoke itself!
well it isnt buried in snow like this but we have pea soupers. and the great stink some years back.

[warriorscribe]

The name sounds familiar to me, but none of these do. What does pea soup have to do with inhospitable weather?

[The "stink", at least, though he doesn't know the cause, sounds like it would be...at least inconvenient. Idioms are hit or miss with him. Some are close enough to phrases he'd know or are obvious in context, or can at least be figured out through studying the words. Others...not so much.]

[exequies]

london england only sounds familiar?
ah im glad you asked! all the smoke from the burning coal settles in and makes a thick fog.
hence the name pea souper.
nasty things really. gets in the lungs and turns them all sorts of shades.

[warriorscribe]

England is a nation, this much I know. But I've only learned of it here. It must not exist yet in my time.

[Speaking of things that didn't exist in his time: coal mining. Surface or near-surface coal deposits would have to do, and Enoch's encounters with the substance as fuel were scarce and certainly not harmful on that level.]

That must take so much coal at once. That's terrifying! Does England have so much of it?

[exequies]

oh? and wheres your time exactly?

heaps of it. everyone burns it for fuel these days since it burns hotter than wood and its easier to light.

[warriorscribe]

I'm afraid the exact time is impossible to determine - I've lost count, for one. For another, we likely use entirely different calendars in the first place. I am seventh from Adam, whatever year that may mean to you. Metalworking favors bronze and copper (I've gathered this is useful in understanding when I come from).


If it affects the lungs so, why do you continue to use it in such volume?

[exequies]

adam as in the one from the old book?
then yes youre quite a way back from my time.

and i just said didnt i? its the easiest fuel to come by. or do you think a city of six million people should just up and quit warming themselves or cooking their food?

[warriorscribe]

Easier than simple wood or plant matter? I know you said it's more efficient, but surely it could be rationed out to be less harmful? What good is having warmth at night or hot food if your own heating kills you?