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Clockwork Cherubs of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] were around two feet in height, and made of “solid copper alloy”. There existed seventeen different “Marks” of Clockwork Cherubs, created in batches of one hundred by the [[Great Foundries]] based on designs by the Cherubs' Creator. They included [[Mark I]]s through [[Mark XVII]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | Clockwork Cherubs of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] were around two feet in height, and made of “solid copper alloy”. There existed seventeen different “Marks” of Clockwork Cherubs, created in batches of one hundred by the [[Great Foundries]] based on designs by the Cherubs' Creator. They included [[Mark I]]s through [[Mark XVII]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | ||
Their internal components included an internal heating system, [[Anxiety Spring]]s, [[liver crystal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving (short story)|Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving]]'') voice boxes, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Szaclowk & the Halfworld (short story)|The Szaclowk & the Halfworld]]'') thermometers placed where humans had lungs, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Labors of Juliet (short story)|The Labors of Juliet]]'', ''[[The Resurrection of the Wellsians (short story)|The Resurrection of the Wellsians]]'') [[syntaxic module]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Resurrection of the Wellsians (short story)|The Resurrection of the Wellsians]]'') and [[Gemstone Heart]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') They needed to rewind periodically | Their internal components included an internal heating system, [[Anxiety Spring]]s, [[liver crystal]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving (short story)|Lord Thymon and the Department of Problem-Solving]]'') voice boxes, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Szaclowk & the Halfworld (short story)|The Szaclowk & the Halfworld]]'') thermometers placed where humans had lungs, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Labors of Juliet (short story)|The Labors of Juliet]]'', ''[[The Resurrection of the Wellsians (short story)|The Resurrection of the Wellsians]]'') [[syntaxic module]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Resurrection of the Wellsians (short story)|The Resurrection of the Wellsians]]'') and [[Gemstone Heart]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') They needed to rewind periodically, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[A Visit to Doc-012 (comic story)|A Visit to Doc-012]]'') the sleep-time also allowing them to cool down their [[fluid link]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Magic Trick (novel)|Magic Trick]]'') Some of them had pain receptors, which they could remove at no loss of efficiency. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'') They had the ability to interface with any electrical appliance created before the 1960s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | ||
As [[Pythagoras-858]] once explained to [[Lord Thymon]], “the [[Cupid Homeworld]]'s reality, and that of anyone in it, [was]… anchored” such that the Clockwork Cherubs' “essence” actually “[ran] on more than just [[Gemstone Heart|gemstones]] and [[Positronic brain|positrons]]”. As Pythe put it, “as long as we're within the Homeworld, or return there often enough, [our essence] is — stabilized, I think is the word. Whatever else we may be, we remain Cupids”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Magic Trick (novel)|Magic Trick]]'') | |||
Although winged, Clockwork Cherubs could not fly under their own power unless [[anti-gravity circuit]]s were strapped to their person. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') Not every Cherub in the Crew had access to such devices, and indeed, some could be officially banned from owning one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | Although winged, Clockwork Cherubs could not fly under their own power unless [[anti-gravity circuit]]s were strapped to their person. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') Not every Cherub in the Crew had access to such devices, and indeed, some could be officially banned from owning one. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | ||
