Red held the block of iron over the reactor pool and focused his mind. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. For a spontaneous process, the entropy of the universe must increase. A perfect crystal at absolute zero has no entropy. These were the observed rules. The defaults. He dropped the block into the pool, focusing on it as it dropped down into the reactor, and repeating a mantra in his mind. For a spontaneous process, the entropy of the universe must remain the same. He stared at the block, focusing on the word, and repeated the mantra. (to be continued)