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While the [[Great House]]s model the workings of [[time]] and [[history]] as "high-order mathematical structures" which are "certainly complex" but, provided one has access to "a [[The Matrix|large enough computer, say, one capable of decrypting entire universes", ultimately "explicable as nothing more than numbers". [[Faction Paradox]], however, champions the view that the processes of time are sufficiently complex as to be sentient: time is "occupied, even [[guardian of Time|guarded]] by ''entities''", intangible [[spirit]] which they term ''[[loa]]'' after the similar beings posited by [[Earth]] [[voodoo]], able to "protect, beguile, curse and possess anybody who tries to cross their boundaries". | While the [[Great House]]s model the workings of [[time]] and [[history]] as "high-order mathematical structures" which are "certainly complex" but, provided one has access to "a [[The Matrix|large enough computer, say, one capable of decrypting entire universes]]", ultimately "explicable as nothing more than numbers". [[Faction Paradox]], however, champions the view that the processes of time are sufficiently complex as to be sentient: time is "occupied, even [[guardian of Time|guarded]] by ''entities''", intangible [[spirit]] which they term ''[[loa]]'' after the similar beings posited by [[Earth]] [[voodoo]], able to "protect, beguile, curse and possess anybody who tries to cross their boundaries". | ||
The ''Book''{{'}}s narration points out that viewing history as a mass of living organisms would make a lot of sense, as "if history evolves, then it’d certainly explain how the Houses can now be at [[War in Heaven|War]] even though they speci�ically designed history to make War impossible". How literally the knowingly-campy Faction take this is a matter of some debate, especially given that "elder members such as [[Godparent (rank)|Godfather]] [[Morlock]] have been known to invent ''loa'' out of thin air whenever necessary", but in any event the Faction's [[ritual]]s typically work by attempting to "prime" the ''loa'', and a great clustering of them are said to guard the [[Eleven-Day Empire]]. | The ''Book''{{'}}s narration points out that viewing history as a mass of living organisms would make a lot of sense, as "if history evolves, then it’d certainly explain how the Houses can now be at [[War in Heaven|War]] even though they speci�ically designed history to make War impossible". How literally the knowingly-campy Faction take this is a matter of some debate, especially given that "elder members such as [[Godparent (rank)|Godfather]] [[Morlock]] have been known to invent ''loa'' out of thin air whenever necessary", but in any event the Faction's [[ritual]]s typically work by attempting to "prime" the ''loa'', and a great clustering of them are said to guard the [[Eleven-Day Empire]]. | ||
