Professor: Does everyone know what alchemy is?
Me: Alchemy – the science of understanding, deconstructing and reconstructing matter. However, it is not an all-powerful art. It is impossible to create something out of nothing.
Professor: Right, exactly.
Me: If one wishes to obtain something, something of equal value must be given. This is the law of equivalent exchange, the basis of all alchemy. In accor-
Professor: Okay, thank you.
Me: There is a taboo among alchemists! Human transmutation is strictly forbidden, for what-
Professor: We got it!
Me: FOR WHAT COULD EQUAL THE VALUE OF A HUMAN SOUL?