Heat and work are both forms of energy, measured in the same units.
This was common knowledge—common knowledge for an engineer like Rorschach, that is. It was not the mainstream view in this Otherworld!
In ancient times, Casters and Alchemists had discovered that matter could be continuously divided into tiny particles. By observing celestial bodies, dust, and steam, a Master of Arcane Magic named Leukippos, who lived before the Old Empire Era, had already posited a theory: Elements and Ether are composed of the smallest possible units. These units drift and swirl through space and the world behind the veil, coalescing to form all things and all Magic.
"The primordial god used His great Divine Power to bind the tiny elements together, creating all things. Just as we mix fine clay particles with water to shape pottery."
