Time is something strange.

On one hand, everyone, every being knows what time is, sees it's passing, feels it's affects, but on the other hand, who really understands time?

Can time change in the speed of it's passing, or only in the perception of the speed of it's passing?

Can one change the flow of time, and if yes, what would be the effects of such thing?

All good questions, but none who really get to the matter of what time is.

Is there a base time, the speed of time that could be considered standard, even if the speed of time can only be perceived differently?

Time is strange, not many things are stranger.

The passing of time can Mark something great, but also horrible.

For more than three months Jonathan was now in another world, with different laws of physics. Would general relativity also play a role here?

Jonathan laughed to himself, it was very unlikely that he would ever have to concern himself with that.

It mostly played only a role for satellites and the research of other stars and galaxies.

He thought for a moment.

Elise had been bullied, no, that was too weak of a word for what really happened, she had been attacked by jealous, small minded, idiots.

He did not like her, but he also had no respect of those particularly stupid human beings. After that Tablos had made Elise his apprentice, which meant that he was also technically the Archmages apprentice.

Magic was a great thing, but was it enough to replace his home as well as all the modern amenities?

He regularly asked himself the question and knew, that if he lived basically anywhere else in at least this kingdom if not the world, the answer would be a resounding and very clear no.

This school had versions of most of the amenities that he mostly needed for his bathroom routine, but still, no internet or computers. No electricity, only magic.

Magic was able to replace most of the large and simple electronics, for example light bulbs, but anything of complexity was unlikely to exist, and anything approaching the complexity of a computer, even an old one, was simply not there.

It was fascinating, that the inhabitants of this world we're able to produce some very finely machined parts, even if not on a truly industrial scale, but still, a single person could create multiple a day.

The parts could be machined to a precision that should be enough to create some very early computers, if he only knew how they were build.

He had knowledge, he had books, but for a true back from the basics, even if the basics we're the middle ages with a hint of precision manufacture thrown in, his knowledge was not enough.

He was pretty sure that he had most, if not all, of the basic theories, but he did not know how to apply them.

Who cares how exactly the first computer had been build? It is more interesting what theories it had followed.

He thought there was something with vacuum tubes, but that was a particular useless piece of information, considering that the people here had no concept of what a vacuum was.

Oh, well, said Jonathannto himself and returned to muse on the concept of time itself.