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violently freezing metal's chaos mid-tantrum so it hardens before it can change its mind
the speedsteel cools thousands of degrees per second
trapped chaoslocks atoms in a frozen, stressed arrangement called martensite
medium matterswater, oil, brine, even molten salt all quench differently
the risktoo fast and the part cracks itself apart
thirst originsame word once meant extinguishing fire and slaking thirst