Device
Device noun - Any clever maneuver.
Usage example: he would stoop to any device to win a point
Twist
Twist noun - Any clever maneuver.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- If the existence of a framing device is used as a Plot Twist, we're dealing with a Nested Story Reveal.
- Al is also wired into the device that allows the mech to twist the laws of physics, itself black box tech that no one in Mithril knows how to replicate.
Source: Resigned to the Call -
Somehow, the issue maintains the same dramatic tension and plot twist quantity as all the others in spite of this device.
Source: Distant Finale
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