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** It looked like they were exchanging coins for Maa-san's body parts. Maybe some members in the crowd valued his flesh more than he did so the balance found holding an auction to be more efficient for gathering value to match Meinya's injuries, whereas more sentimental objects (like the teddy bear) were directly turned into value?
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** The top two layers have been so thoroughly explored and are close enough to the surface that they are fairly safe to travel, and serve as perfect training grounds for delver trainees, as no amount of training on the surface can actually prepare them for the unique challenges of the Abyss without them experiencing them firsthand. Think of it as a rather extreme case of on the job training.
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** The top two layers have been so thoroughly explored and are close enough to the surface that they are fairly safe to travel, and serve as perfect training grounds for delver trainees, as no amount of training on the surface can actually prepare them for the unique challenges of the Abyss without them experiencing them firsthand. Think of it as a rather extreme case of on the job training.training.
** Not to mention, there is a strict age limit to advance from red to blue whistles. Normally, young children (like most of the cast) are only allowed to raid in the relatively safe first layer. It's training for finding relics, handling creatures of the abyss and powering through the curse. The exceptions we see in the show (Marulk, Bondrewd's orphans and his black whistles) are all exceptions made for white whistles. As far as I can tell, white whistles seem to be more or less above the law in this society.
** Not to mention, there is a strict age limit to advance from red to blue whistles. Normally, young children (like most of the cast) are only allowed to raid in the relatively safe first layer. It's training for finding relics, handling creatures of the abyss and powering through the curse. The exceptions we see in the show (Marulk, Bondrewd's orphans and his black whistles) are all exceptions made for white whistles. As far as I can tell, white whistles seem to be more or less above the law in this society.
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*** 1a) Furthermore, experimentation and testing could determine whether there are any specific elevation changes that cause notably different effects on the [=IUs=] or their creators, which the [=IUs=] would then recognise as distinct levels.
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*** Since it's already well established that the Abyss can warp the very laws of physics as we understand them, there's no guarantee you can even tunnel into it from the outside.
*** Then there's just the massive scale of the shaft you would have to dig. Canonically, the estimated maximum depth of the Abyss is 13,000-15,500 meters. The deepest mine that can accommodate people that's been dug in the real world only goes down 4,000 meters, while the deepest man made hole ever made was a borehole that drills down to 12,000 meters. And these were only achievable through modern technology and mining techniques. Orth's pre-industrial level of technology wouldn't come anywhere close.
*** Then there's just the massive scale of the shaft you would have to dig. Canonically, the estimated maximum depth of the Abyss is 13,000-15,500 meters. The deepest mine that can accommodate people that's been dug in the real world only goes down 4,000 meters, while the deepest man made hole ever made was a borehole that drills down to 12,000 meters. And these were only achievable through modern technology and mining techniques. Orth's pre-industrial level of technology wouldn't come anywhere close.
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** And about "letting children into the former torture room"… Well, we're talking about nation [[ChildSoldiers where the same children are]] ''[[ValuesDissonance officially]]'' [[ValuesDissonance trained in the lethally dangerous trade]] that is ''guaranteed'' to claim their life some time in the future, all the while [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror their (not entirely voluntary) sacrifice is glorified]] in their culture… and you ask about [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking torture equipment]].
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** And about "letting children into the former torture room"… Well, we're talking about a nation [[ChildSoldiers where the same children are]] ''[[ValuesDissonance officially]]'' [[ValuesDissonance trained in the lethally dangerous trade]] that is ''guaranteed'' to claim their life some time in the future, all the while [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror their (not entirely voluntary) sacrifice is glorified]] in their culture… and you ask about [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking torture equipment]].
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*** As the abyss changes in size and volume, there's also no guarantee that a straight-forward elevator would work They would need to dig straight down and even then it would likely be too time-consuming, especially due to the monsters roaming around. All and all such an elevator is unfeasible.
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*** As the abyss changes in size and volume, there's also no guarantee that a straight-forward elevator would work work. They would need to dig straight down and even then it would likely be too time-consuming, especially due to the monsters roaming around. All and all such an elevator is unfeasible.
