The transmutation engine is, at this point, an old invention, yet we still treat some of its unique possibilities as curiosities. Yes, yes, the triplex bond between non-fire cardinals--we've heard of it. No, I speak of more fundamental qualities. In nature, materials bind preferentially into gentle bends, settling by the whims of disorder: you might know this configured bond angle as the 'elbow'. But alchemists are just...pathologically deficient in imagination when it comes to acute angles. The intentional disharmony is underexplored and can bring us many innovations.

We are, in fact, permitted to make big silly tringle-dingles.