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As Draegun and Barbaria burst through the door, Vortrax’s incantations were already complete.

“Fools!” He cackled. “I have enacted the Rite of Cantor! My power is now infinite!”

Draegun looked sidelong at Barbaria. “Do you want to tell him?”

Vortrax blinked. “What?”

“Infinite doesn’t mean unlimited. Like, there’s infinitely many numbers between 0 and 1. And Cantor was a bit of a philosopher.”

“You’re probably infinitely powerful at gerbil taming, or something.”

Vortrax slumped. Barbaria knocked him out and threw him over one shoulder. “Arts grads,” she sighed. “They should know you need to be a scientist to do magic.”

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    Neil Murton over 9 years ago

    Been away for a bit, but here's a new one. It was from the prompt '3 under 4, 2 over 2', which are the first 2 terms in a sequence you can use to prove there are infinitely many numbers between 1 and 2, and hence that some infinities are bigger than others.

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    Neil Murton over 9 years ago

    Cheers Drew. I'll try to get them done a bit more frequently ;)

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    Horrorshow over 9 years ago

    Always good to get a new Neil Murton drabble. Keep 'em coming!

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    Michael D. Brooks over 9 years ago

    Very interesting drabble.

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