Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Patterns
Both words in one sentence
- They're implanted with devices to keep their thought patterns suited to their roles, but these devices sometimes fail, and then there's a human child in the mind of a monstrous thing, unable to stop him or herself from attacking other Creatures and rounding up other children.
Source: Literature / Shade's Children - Some guilds have reached such a sophistication in their craft that it has become magic: Weavers have transcended material cloth and weave patterns in the very fabric of the universe, while Glassmakers can make scrying spheres and teleportation devices.
Source: Our Mages Are Different
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