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<ref group=geyser><cite class="note">Alternatively, immaterial entities (such as the Screamers or Daodan) may be able to exist "in limbo", as a turbulence of the "veil" region rather than as permanent inhabitants of a world that lies deep beyond. Without deeper probing, there's no way of telling which it is.</ref> | <ref group=geyser><cite class="note">Alternatively, immaterial entities (such as the Screamers or Daodan) may be able to exist "in limbo", as a turbulence of the "veil" region rather than as permanent inhabitants of a world that lies deep beyond. Without deeper probing, there's no way of telling which it is.</ref> | ||
Given the limited in-universe knowledge, it seems fair to assign a common designation (the Phase) to the interface region (the veil) and to the deeply out-of-phase parallel worlds. | Given the limited in-universe knowledge, it seems fair to assign a common designation (the Phase) to the interface region (the veil) and to the deeply out-of-phase parallel worlds. | ||
<ref group=Iritscen>I find geyser's suggested terminology confusing: the lowercased "phase" is a measure of closeness to our Earth, and the uppercased "Phase" would designate both | <ref group=Iritscen>I find geyser's suggested terminology confusing: the lowercased "phase" is a measure of closeness to our Earth, and the uppercased "Phase" would designate both the tangible barrier ("veil") and the places (parallel worlds) that lie beyond?</ref> | ||
<ref group=geyser>The uppercased "Phase" is actually a straightforward metonymy: it designates "anything that's out of Earth phase", which as a continuum comprises both the slightly out-of-phase "veil" region and the deeply out-of-phase regions which we think of as "parallel worlds".</ref> | <ref group=geyser>The uppercased "Phase" is actually a straightforward metonymy: it designates "anything that's out of Earth phase", which as a continuum comprises both the slightly out-of-phase "veil" region and the deeply out-of-phase regions which we think of as "parallel worlds".</ref> | ||