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Part 8-The First Law of Thermodynamics

Within an isolated system, energy cannot be created or destroyed-Only change form.-Conservation of Energy

You are aware of this law, are you not?

In the absence of a source of energy.. Which ultimately comes from the Source itself.. This law applies.

Energy is created as pure energy-Like that of photons.

Matter, in of itself, doesn't spontaneously get created or destroyed. The only way to get new matter is by converting enough energy into matter.

Depending on what world you're from, that might also create the side effect of "antimatter" being created alongside matter, but this wasn't originally the case.

And while matter is stable when it comes to interactions with energy.. It does decay over time into its fundamental particles.

And as it has lost its pure form as energy, and now exists as many particles at once, warping space-time itself (you guys do know about general relativity, right?), it must gather energy from elsewhere.

As a pure form of light, you were the energy you needed. And as motion only transforms energy, rather than depletes it, you could never run out.

However, when energy has to be manually converted through a matter-based system.. Energy is lost to the rest of the world as heat.

So, there's the first drawback of the conversion-Now you had to gather up your own kind of energy.

This might not seem that bad. The Source itself is a kind of energy, and if you could photosynthesize the energy.. You're all good, right?

...Matter doesn't work like the rest of energy. You can't spontaneously gain abilities..

In fact, pure matter can't even use magic on its own! (If you're wondering why creatures of matter are using magic, there is a reason. The key words are "pure" and "on its own".)

..What? You don't know what magic is?

...Looks like I'll need to give you an explanation of magic as well...