If, as was widely believed at the time, heat was a fluid, called caloric, which flowed from hot bodies to colder ones, then it was reasonable to suppose that cold was also a fluid, frigoric, which flowed from cold bodies to warmer ones.

“Attractive enough? You should see how the mothers here act around him.” She sighed. “Everyone goes all googly when he’s around.”

mentu is a Proto-Japonic word that means water

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