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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

I did like the Taoist idea I read a while back about a blade being sharp enough to sort of unmake something as it cuts through it, keeping its edge by not hitting any points of resistance that it didn't need to.

I even worked that into a key moment in my second book, from an antagonist character that had a habit of breaking swords a bit too much before that moment.