Levers
Rails
Rails noun - A bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll.
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- The "paper" form of your ball in Ballance fits this trope: it it very fast and light (sometimes too much - it can accidentally fly off rails), and can use the fans to propel itself upwards, but it cannot push anything out of its way or be used to operate buttons, levers etc.
Source: Fragile Speedster
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