In bending theory class,
Lecturer explaining theory-wise of bending elements and sub-bending elements. Sub-bending is a pretty new category element that can be bent and like just has been discovered called plant bending. Thaurian doesn't have any species that can create elements or alter the composition in plants to be considered an element in itself. By using the knowledge that humans give us, we did alter the plant but not chemically.
"... we didn't bend the plant and tree directly to use as structure and support, we instead control the way water and light through. The way we make some part of this university is by bending the plant that contains high water percentage to the shape that we want, by doing so, it will stay like that after it creates stronger, harder cells after it comes of a certain age. Water bending can shape it..." the lecturer wrote on the digital blackboard panel.
Putting his hand under his chin, he is in and out of focus on the lecture. This is pretty boring considering it basic fundamental theory.
"...make highly sticky substance to control while not tearing the plant apart. Flexible enough for movement but tight enough to restrain unnecessary movement..."
The lecturer brings examples of a small plant that has been bent to make a sculptor. Also, bring another example of a plant that uses plants as support for clay sculpture.
"While we use specific light sources to redirect the tree trunk growing the direction wanted. The tree is much denser and low water percentage so it will break if bent using the first method. It will be shaped well if using land bending to cover into the mold of the right shape and only allow 1 light source at the end of the shape desired..."
In theory, the plant is also considered living but can't communicate and have high thoughts like us humans. Consider itself not having consciousness but living so plant bending should be equal to taming a beast. You can't make the beast but you can train them to behave the way you want.
"...Water architecture student will take plant and land, an architecture student. This will be your future project in semester 5. Please do take note. It requires a lot of time, so some start early in semester 4 but your time is your responsibility. Any question? Ok good, class dismissed."
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"Group work for that plant bending, how about we group TaTerra, LuNiail? I will ask others too. It is 5 people group so we are already full. Nice."
Raurf seems to secure good students to be in a group with. He still does his job well but he does seem likes want to ride the coat of the smart kids.
Tanita is still kind and just ok with it. She is too accepting of people's opinions and indecisive with her decision because she cares about people's feelings. She is open-minded however it makes her didn't has strong principle.
"Derek, should we go to the library now?"
I just nod and we when to her car. She can drive but she didn't drive. Not because of trauma or incompetency but because of how people around her treat her.
We go down from the tree that holds the study hall. From tree trunks to thick vines, we hop down easily. All classes and buildings are on top of the tree or plantation and the tar road is at the bottom of the ground where cars and vehicles move. Thaurian moves around in the university by car or hopping from tree to tree or fly.
This university was created 17 years ago using the newfound plant bending. It was still at an early stage at the time. Created in the forest called Gaya where every tree and plant grows as high as the eyes can see from ground level however it is not dark because of the amount and height of trees in the Gaya forest, small plants like fungi emit light. Vine from the big trees also reflects light from the top of the tree using its outer translucent skin.
Some trees that are so big with heavy leaves also collect water from the rain, pouring it on the ground like a small stream waterfall. Some tree was so high that their tip is cold with snow forming from high altitude.
For land species and hybrid of air species like me and Tanelita will be easy to climb to the class on top of a tree but for water, species will be hard to climb. They don't have claws or feet that are good for climbing. They are much softer bodies and some even have special slime coats.
Lift and stairs were available for Thaurian who can't or don't want to climb up to the class. In the beginning, stairs exist for a human to navigate in Thauria.
The decision of making this university in Gaya forest is to fulfill the requirement of that time. Thaurian has all the technology and fast-growing intellectual however we lack the facilities. Thaurian can create a building however that's a limited amount of manpower and a limited amount of time. Together the three main families decided to make the building inside of the tree in a tree trunk. The water tribe will be the one making the hold with high acidity fluid, the land tribe focuses on making the interior and furniture and the air tribe will be one clear out nearby dangerous, not conscious species threatening. In just 2 years, Gaya University finished.
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There is no conversation between me and Tanelitta in the car. Only Mozart's play can be heard. Tanelitta follows religiously what humans say. When the second group of humans came to the Thaurian, they bring all the gadgets and equipment to improve our lifestyle. One of the things they bring is music like Mozart. Saying it will stimulate brain growth. Tanelita put all of Mozart's music on a USB and plug into her car.
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Gaya Library is the peak of architectural achievement we have. The pride of Gaya university. It fully used all three tribes' full potential. Even though the air tribe doesn't have much ability in making shelter that's why they lived in a cave before, they can create useful gas. Using new knowledge from humans, we manage to create glass. It cant be considered sub-bending yet since we didn't find the optimal way of producing by only Thaurian species without the help of gadgets. Because of how hard it is to make glass to make just one piece of glass it becomes premium for prestige or rich Thaurian for the most part at that time. Now it is commercialized however the handmade version is well regarded as artistic and has higher value in people's eyes,
The way the library work in Thaurian is different from the human library. Using the light fordable tablet that contains the data of the book itself. they can be read like a book but are even readable in the dark, waterproof, and use solar panels to recharge. can be copied onto the user's device with a scan code. Has a 3D display of holograms. Audible by text-to-speech program.
"You getting children's books again?"
"No! This is a book about humans. Not children's books!"
"I see a few of them are pretty colorful."
"We gonna meet humans with Luniail and Raurf this week remember." She excitedly grabbed all the books about humans at the human book section she possibly can. She is now burry under the book but greedy to get more.
Human. Even though people praise them highly. Write about them in every children's book. I believe it understatement to say that at this point, it can be considered worshipping them.
"I know but you are too excited. Besides you already read most of the book you pick anyway."
"It is for Luniail. I getting it for her."
Luniail. Has eye envy but a facade of the happy. She blames everyone for her shortcoming. In group work with her the other day, She looks at Tanelita a lot. Full of amazed but also jealousy. She didn't bring malice so I didn't mind her. I guess her jealousy fuels her to do more work after that.
I take a few books from Tanelitta and put them back. I pick the one I see before from her room.
"Nooo!!" Tanelitta struggles to get the book back.
"You will miss your sleep reading again."
"Nooo!!!"
She looks like a well of a young lady with great manners but she still acts like a spoiled younger sister that hides when she messed up. Nobody realizes that she messed up when we do work in the group together the other day, she broke a piece of her table part and pretend as if nothing happen. Like everything under control or sometimes acting likes, it is meant to be. I am sure she redo the part again at home and make it proper.
She looks like she always does everything perfectly once but she actually practices and works hard on anything she does and also redoes a lot of stuff when nobody was looking just to make sure it looks as perfect as she possibly can.
I know she likes that because I know her since she was little.