I am a poor comparison to measure by, but I would say it can take anywhere from two or three centuries for one to begin to grasp that the effect of some careless action taken prior can have lasting repercussions. Some may take longer to arrive at this realisation. Others may quickly grasp it.
I once saw a poor fool attempt to call the rain to water the city gardens. Their haste caused a drought on the neighbouring continent.'Twas difficult to reverse the damage.
Yikes. Two or three centuries. There's no way for any of us back home to live that long. One hundred years if we're lucky and even then, it's possible that our minds would give up twenty years before that.
Yeah, I definitely wouldn't want anyone on my world to have magic. They'd be pulling crazy stunts like that all the time.
Indeed. Such is why I believe you short-lived people to be poor custodians of any liveable star. Not only because of your short lives but your short memories and inability to comprehend time on a grander scale.
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I once saw a poor fool attempt to call the rain to water the city gardens. Their haste caused a drought on the neighbouring continent.'Twas difficult to reverse the damage.
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Yeah, I definitely wouldn't want anyone on my world to have magic. They'd be pulling crazy stunts like that all the time.
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