Rising Tides Elemental Origins
"When Zamigdral's tears filled the ocean, what were they tears of? If water, then water was already present. If not, then how did she cry?"
There are many different theories that describe the origins of the elements. This journal will document my findings on the matter.
Water is one of the most interesting of all of the elements, in my opinion. While one might think that water, or what we call water, is naturally composed of strictly of elemental water, it remains a combination of elements. As the water in the ocean is composed of many different elements, including the elements of fire, water, air, and geo, in varying degrees, it should be natural to consider that the elements pervade nearly every piece of the world. Thus, when the oceans were made, it was not that the water wasn't present, but perhaps that the world was restructured to create the oceans that we know.
Suppose that we were to take ash, which is known to have parts of fire, water, air, and geo. Then, take the ash in its parts. Thus, one pile of ash is two. Suppose that the ash can be divided on an elemental scale. Now, in the two piles of ash, we gather the elements preferentially. Thus, we gather mostly the water elements into one pile, pile one, and moved an equal number of other elements into the other pile, pile B. One might assume that the ash might change into a new substance. Experimentally, this is not true. The ash will not spontaneously change from ash into water.
Now, take pile one and disperse essence, either through projection, potion, or rogue essence. Initially, the reaction will cause the ash to react, but not change. Continuing the application, the ash will begin to weep, then flux, and spontaneously the remaining ash will be absorbed into the produced water. By continuing this application, the ash will have transformed into water. Thus, the arrangement of the elements alone cannot produce water, but it is the arrangement and the presence of essence that compels the change. One reorganized, the water will persist for some time. But eventually, the water will dissipate and return to ash.
This can be found by placing the water into a vial and storing the vial for many years. Around fifty should be sufficient for approximately one tablespoon of water. If you increase the amount of water, you must likely wait longer. If you use too little, it is difficult to determine whether ash was produced. One tablespoon seems to be approximately correct. After you wait the fifty years, you will note that you have produced ash, but the ash will have a different composition from ash found throughout the world. You'll note that the ash is saturated with air. Water and air have mingled to produce ash, destabilizing the composition. Now that you've found that you have contaminated the experiment with air, place one more tablespoon of water into a vial of glass that can only hold water. Wait another fifty years and you will find that the water persists. As there is nothing with which the water will mix, as water will not mix with glass and meagerly with the cork, you will find that without the presence of another substance, the water will remain.
So, returning to the question of why there are oceans when sufficient time has passed for water to interact with many different elements. It is largely believed that in a controlled experiment where there are two elements and a lack of dynamics to stimulate them, that natural degradation occurs. In the wild, where dynamics are frequent and many different results may occur, that water is consumed and produced in similar quantities. Thus, the oceans continue to persist.
In conclusion, it is believed that in the beginning of things that were, the inevitable introduction of essence to change the ash into water would occur. Thus, the stimulus would produce water, regardless of whether this was by design or happenstance. So, it may be believed that the only trigger is the presence of essence. Thus, the question really remains of: How much essence was needed to create the oceans? Assuming that the essence equally distributes and that essence of certain quantities must be attained to transform ash into water, my conclusion is that the amount of essence is beyond comprehension.
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