[closes my niji eyes as i am forced by my own hand yet again to explain bullshit auldrant science. i'm copypasting this. i refuse to rewrite it.]
Fonons are one of the basic elements that compose all matter and structure in the known universe—the building blocks of life. Every structure and living thing has its own intrinsic vibration and emits a corresponding sound. Those are divided into six fonons: dark, light, earth, fire, water, and wind. Tiny differences in their vibration and connections distinguish individual matter.
However, later on, a seventh fonon—the fonon of sound—was discovered. Previously, research had been limited to base elementals. Fonons are particles, so they exist on a physical plane, and their distance and relation to fonons around them determines how they behave. As everyone's chemical makeup is distinct, everything in the world vibrates at a different frequency.
Additionally, fonons themselves have a base frequency they vibrate at—and when a number of these are close enough to each other, via natural or artificial means, they'll form into an aggregate sentience that can be spoken with. "Lorelei" is the nomenclature for the aggregate sentience of the seventh fonon—but its existence is fleeting, rare, and a sign of Yulia's pact with Lorelei.
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Fonons are one of the basic elements that compose all matter and structure in the known universe—the building blocks of life. Every structure and living thing has its own intrinsic vibration and emits a corresponding sound. Those are divided into six fonons: dark, light, earth, fire, water, and wind. Tiny differences in their vibration and connections distinguish individual matter.
However, later on, a seventh fonon—the fonon of sound—was discovered. Previously, research had been limited to base elementals. Fonons are particles, so they exist on a physical plane, and their distance and relation to fonons around them determines how they behave. As everyone's chemical makeup is distinct, everything in the world vibrates at a different frequency.
Additionally, fonons themselves have a base frequency they vibrate at—and when a number of these are close enough to each other, via natural or artificial means, they'll form into an aggregate sentience that can be spoken with. "Lorelei" is the nomenclature for the aggregate sentience of the seventh fonon—but its existence is fleeting, rare, and a sign of Yulia's pact with Lorelei.