I suspect you will find that that is the sir Samuel Vimes boots theory of socioeconomic unfairness.
I'm pretty sure IRL economica academia attributes the theory to Pratchett, not Vimes.
Yeah, she's attributing it to the author rather than the character. No assumptions as to if Emily has read any Discworld books.
I'm assuming that it looks kinda like Trico from The Last Guardian:
More of a feathered dinosaur around the size of a very large cat or averaged sized dog and looks like a quadrupedal bird.
Friendly alien dog-substitute?
Yes!
YES!
THIS IS HOW YOU RETURN TO NATURE, MAKE FRIENDS WITH CANINE-LIKES!
Is friend-shaped, but is it friend, or just visiting? Only time will tell... Because I don't actually know...
Been a while, what was Taylor's power exactly? Because the way she's going, it looks a lot like a Thinker power for survival and civilization rather than Tinker.
Honestly, Concrete isn't that difficult to make. You yourself can make it from scratch at home!
I wouldn't suggest it under any circumstances, and it's liable to be complete shit, but you could do it if you so desire.
Yeah, concrete's a really old tech, over two thousand years old and pretty simple to make. As for her being able to judge how well cured the concrete is, she has a minor Thinker secondary power that's helping her with that and other things. And really, once you hit large enough scales, even Tinker powers start looking more like Thinker ones, with a Civilization specialization most certainly qualifying.
She's a Civilization Tinker. From dirt and rocks to interstellar (and interdimensional) travel, she has it all. And since she's building civilizations, her stuff is either actual technology or it's Tinkertech that doesn't need maintenance from the creator. What kind of civilization relies on a single pillar to sustain it, after all?
Keep in mind that this is the result of her own Bud of QA (powerhouse Shard) eating an existing Tinker Shard. I'm honestly fairly certain her Shard doesn't have any proper limiters set onto it. If it does have them, they are weaker than a standard Shard though.
[OVERSEER], the QA bud, really is fun. Utterly, hilariously, OP, but also at the same time incredibly well balanced. And that's despite it being basically unrestricted in any way, shape, or form.
Taylor seems to be learning the time honored tradition of, figuring out what half the tools you actually needed were after the fact. The bane of DIY construction enthusiasts everywhere when they're first starting out. At least for those who didn't do all the right research.
Eh at least she seems to have gotten it done right even if she is regretting not having the right tools on hand to have made the whole process easier.
Also there is now a cat-dog-bird acting somewhat like a dog. Out of curiosity is this a gryphon like cat-dog-bird or something cat/dog shaped with a beak and feathers? Possibly wings too? The description was rather vague on the details.
Yep, made extra realistic because it's me thinking of things after having her get going. And the 'cat-bird' descriptor isn't entirely accurate, as it's more of a cousin to birds and is only cat-like in body plan. A better look at it will come next chapter. Which I will be starting on soonish (when I wake up).
