"No--because it is less individual. A blood ward, tightly constructed, cannot be penetrated without the blood of the creator or perhaps one of her descendants. A passive blood ward, once dried, can lie in place for millenia and only react to thanergy brought into the system, extending its life."
"The Sealed Tomb has one such ward, drawn by God Himself to contain what is buried there and protect the sepulcher from tampering. The potency that lingers in the blood is of course incomparable."
And Harrow walked past it when she was twelve but she doesn't want to talk about that!
"Exactly--it is a case of establish baseline parameters and then saying, 'do such-and-such until a criteria is met.' The notation itself does not need to record loop after loop of the baseline parameters. To invoke the power, of course, you must hold those details in your mind for the duration, executing the changes at the key moments. That is the difference between reading a notation and casting it." If Harrow knew anything about musical notation she might make a comparison here, but she sure doesn't.
She finds a fresh sheet of paper and begins to transcribe the notation from her incomprehensible code to a (currently still incomprehensible) mass of numbers and symbols. It is an improvement insofar as the glyphs are recognizable, though.
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Date: 2020-09-05 07:13 pm (UTC)"The Sealed Tomb has one such ward, drawn by God Himself to contain what is buried there and protect the sepulcher from tampering. The potency that lingers in the blood is of course incomparable."
And Harrow walked past it when she was twelve but she doesn't want to talk about that!
"Exactly--it is a case of establish baseline parameters and then saying, 'do such-and-such until a criteria is met.' The notation itself does not need to record loop after loop of the baseline parameters. To invoke the power, of course, you must hold those details in your mind for the duration, executing the changes at the key moments. That is the difference between reading a notation and casting it." If Harrow knew anything about musical notation she might make a comparison here, but she sure doesn't.
She finds a fresh sheet of paper and begins to transcribe the notation from her incomprehensible code to a (currently still incomprehensible) mass of numbers and symbols. It is an improvement insofar as the glyphs are recognizable, though.