If the Proposal titled “A Small, Time-Drenched Planet” failed, this Proposal does nothing.

Add to the Rule ‘The Continuum’:

The variables ‘x’, ‘y’, ‘z’, ‘w’, and ‘t’ shall be real numbers. If any of these variables should become complex, set the imaginary part to zero.

Hix correctly points out that all variables are positive integers “unless otherwise specified”. While I believe that the relevant text specifies (via Formulas) where the variables can be, it is worthwhile to clarify things. Perhaps if we’re feeling dangerous later we’ll let them be complex .