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1924
[Adventure!] Dr. Primoris writes a journal entry musing on telluric energy.

He lists some of the other names these "telluric rays" have been called in the nascent Adventure Era — the name used above was Dr. Sir Calvin Hammersmith's coinage; Max Mercer refers to the energy behind these phenomena as "Inspiration" (and thus, the Adventure Era was also called the Inspiration Age). Other people call the energies "Z-rays" (a common usage) or "harmonic vibrations" or even magic. Donighal calls the relevant natural force "the pseudoaetheric wave", since it apparently acts much like the "luminiferous aether" that Michelson and Morley accidentally disproved, apart from its almost instantaneous propagation.

Pseudoaetheric waves pass through all matter eventually, though not as rapidly (nor in a straight line) when going through high-density or specially-treated materials. They interact strongly in the electromagnetic spectrum, and in certain human minds.

He breaks off when "[o]ther matters beckon." Specifically, the need to do battle with a new-made mesmerist calling himself Fulminatore.