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Originally Posted by Richwood
Shifter stories where there is a gain or loss of mass from the shift. Where does the mass go when a 200 pound man shifts to a 100 pound wolf? Per physics it sounds like a hell of a explosion as mass is converted to energy. About like a hydrogen bomb, a big one. The same problem for going the other way. Where does the 100 pounds mass equivalent energy come from? From a physics standpoint only Poul Anderson paid attention to this in a couple of fantasy novels that I am aware of.
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It's obviously stored in the same place the Star Trek transporter buffer uses
Just to check - Growing a full set of teeth in seconds is fine, as long as you don't break the conservation of mass rule
