What if you’re soaring through the air on a Steelpush and you suddenly make yourself heavier. What happens?” “I slow down—I’m so much heavier that it’s harder to Push myself forward.” “Ahh . . .” the woman said softly. “So it is true.” “What?” “Conservation of momentum,” she said. “Lord Waxillium, when you store weight, are you storing mass, or are you changing the planet’s ability to recognize you as something to attract? Is there a difference? Your answer gives me a clue. If you slow when you become heavier midflight, then that is not likely due to you having trouble Pushing, but due to the
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