"I think folk beliefs tend to be animism related? Least, that's the - type of thing you get from spooky stories around the campfire or little old ladies."

"It just seems to follow naturally, right, you mess with something and it kinda wakes up -"

"I dunno I'd say crafted stuff's waking up? Or is more, like, person-y than it already was."

"It seems that way to me? I dunno, maybe I'm getting wacky results because my Tinker specialty is autonomous software."

"Some people think there's a thing stuff wants to be already, or - not really wants but is destined to be? Or that there's some kind of - I guess Platonic Ideal for each thing, and knacks are what you get when you get closer to that. But they're usually just - something that makes a thing better at its job? And I guess if you're doing autonomous software it'll get better at being that."

"Yeah, that makes sense. It's fun to work around!"

"Knacks are like that. Make everything just - more interesting."

"It'll be disappointing if it turns out they're related to the Rages, the other unique thing here."

"Yeah. Though those are new, far as anyone knows, unless you think the Biblical Flood was a literal event."

"Isn't where I'm from. That's better than our situation with endbringers showing up shortly after powers did."

"Man, it'd be depressing if the multiverse or whatever's full of apocalypses in waiting."

"One I passed through had some shit going down but it was more elaborate than apocalypses."

"Huh. What was that world like, then?"

"Powers but no Endbringers, but some of the powers were global reality warping capable."

"Yeesh. That sounds like it'd go poorly."

"I landed on some people trying to find a lady to undo her reality warp, yeah."

"Reversible's not as bad as it could be, but, yeah. Eesh."

"And then something sent me here. Exciting mess."

"Yeah. Sounds like you've had a time of it."

"It's been a week, yeah. Hopefully it doesn't keep happening."

"Yeah. At least not outside of your control."

"Oh, yeah, I'm all for controllable transit. Maybe if I get really good at knacky tinkering I can build it myself, here."

"For that... You'd probably want a vehicle, maybe one designed to go wherever you want? In terms of, like, both steering and terrain. And then get knacks building on that."

"Yeah. With probably layers upon layers of otherwise unnecessary refinement steps so the knack can get better."

"Cosmetic stuff can also do knacks if it's a complementary aesthetic. Can be tricky, though."