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Q&A How can I explain my world if the character is technologically not yet capable of understanding it?

Let your character stumble upon the book of a monk, that analyzed the flower. I guess he tried to remove the flower from the cave, expose it to sunlight, try growing other flowers in the cave, etc....

posted 6y ago by Lot‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:03:17Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/30412
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Lot‭ · 2019-12-08T07:03:17Z (over 4 years ago)
Let your character stumble upon the book of a monk, that analyzed the flower. I guess he tried to remove the flower from the cave, expose it to sunlight, try growing other flowers in the cave, etc.

Then you can summarize the findings of that monk, leaving your character puzzling over what that implies. You can do that before or after your character finds the flower for himself.

You can also introduce a series of books by that monk, on various different topics, allowing you to have a recurring way of explaining other strange things in your world.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-09-26T08:54:48Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 3