--- related: - "[[2021-12-08 Mock (DRAFT)]]" ---%% universe:: [[Verraine]] year:: before [[2021-12-15 Shock (MF)]] and [[2021-09-08 Petrichor (MF)]]. status:: complete market:: [[The Iceberg]], [VSS365](https://twitter.com/EleanorKonik/status/1435340880613986318) protagonist:: Jiri mentions:: Surzi location:: aetherglass desert length:: microfiction pitch:: A mage proves that trying to kill Surzi with magic is pointless, but his king doesn't care. notes:: Origins of the aetherglass desert. analysis:: [[2021.12.08a Sometimes quitting is the right choice]] %% It cost Jiri six years and a toe to build a mockup of the forest. His mage-bolt turned it into slag, but the lizard-skin at the center stayed pristine. "The strength of our magic is irrelevant," the old scholar pleaded with his king. "It won't die." "We have to try." ## Analysis - [I] Something about how much I hate "we have to try" and how sometimes trying to stay safe makes things worse, for example antibiotics resistance and protecting children from everything. - [I] Could also do something with immortality / [[2021-12-13 Regeneration (DRAFT)]] / the scott alexander stuff. Talk about pop culture like Altered Carbon & vampires.