Lorogh was stuck into his Imperial Fortified Archtecture course in the officer's academy. Architecture was key to any Siege Corps Officer's education, but it was all a little boring for the otter cadouri. Most of the ground they covered was fairly old hat to him. Perhaps they were slowing down to accomodate other newcomers to the principles of engineering. But Lorogh found it tediuos in the extreme.
In the process of being present for this, he opened up his notebook. He opened it to a page that contained some of his chemistry and alchemical notes. He'd been working on things related to architecture, as it happened. So perhaps he could get away with jotting down a few ideas while he waited for the lecture to pick up to more advanced topics. The thought of what his mentor had mentioned about Pathway techniques of Transmutation magic had been lingering in his mind. Most cements, although they bound together, were mixtures. They weren't compounds. So they couldn't be considered a singular material, therefore. This vexed Lorogh horribly, as he thought there must be a solution to that problem. If he could devise a cement that was almost all one material, or near enough as didn't matter, it would enable the conduction of transmutational properties and energies through the breadth of the material.
He'd looked into various chemicals that might act as strong enough binders for the purpose of alchemy. How could he use both processes to forge a singular material? It seemed daunting, but perhaps it was possible through some device of both alchemy and magic. The only problem with imbuing qualities or other such things through transmutation, was that it required an influx of ether periodically to keep formed in reality. Otherwise the material would degrade and not be useful at all.
Plus, what if some nefarious transmuter wished to entirely deform the singular material of a cement edifice? They could bring it down in one fell swoop! It was a difficult problem to solve. But Lorogh was nothing if not determined.
He scratched down a few notes, detailing transmuted molds for viable fluids such as simple cement. That was another idea, forming up shells of solid ether in order to pour in cement and create whatever one wished, in any shape. He was sure Victor would be thrilled and excited to hear about it.
