• OwOarchist@pawb.social
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    3 months ago

    If your shapeshifting doesn’t break thermodynamics, then you’re not able to shapeshift into anything smaller or larger than yourself.

    (Though, perhaps, you could stretch it a little by ‘cheating’ it – become larger by shifting into a hollow shape filled with air, become smaller by shifting into a shape filled with very dense material. But there are limits to that – too big, and you’ll float away like a balloon; too small and the ground/floor beneath you won’t be able to withstand the pressure, so you’ll sink down into it – and you’ll never be able to change your overall weight/mass, which might compromise your disguise in some situations.)

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      3 months ago

      Simple. When you shapeshift, your extra mass gets shunted into Z-space. When you need extra mass, mass is borrowed from other masses in Z-space.