Talk:Remnant/@comment-25536574-20141202023240/@comment-4010415-20141202133751

I kind of agree with Ben. From what we've seen so far, Dust is kind of "magical science," aka alchemy.

Think of it kind of like in Full Metal Alchemist, except you don't need a transmutation circle, and instead of transforming an element into something else, you're unlocking and harnessing energy contained within the element.

Creating new forms of Dust with other types of energies is likely a science. Given the way WoR: Dust was worded, it's not as simple as using two types of Dust at the same time. She said that the four naturally occurring types of Dust can be combined to form new types of Dust. Meaning, you have to put at least two together to form a new Dust crystal or powder, and then you can use that new type of Dust for a new type of energy.

This explains why there are so many different colors of Dust crystals and powders that we've seen. If it was as simple as using two types of Dust at the same time, we would have only been seeing four colors this whole time - red, yellow, blue, and green. But instead, we've been seeing red, yellow, blue, green, cyan, orange, white, and rarely purple. The purple, you have only seen if you pay very close attention to Myrtenaster. One of the slots in its rotating chamber has a vial of purple Dust in it.