[his attitude remains friendly, open - not relaxed, but a sense that the conversation will proceed at Daqiang's pace, and not his. stepping cautiously in a brand new space.]
Magic does not exist where we come from. What some see as such always has an explanation rooted in the world as it is. It's the realm of legends, of myths, pure fiction. Coming to this place, obviously that system of thinking no longer applies, and it would be foolish to essentially ignore the very real impact of magic here. We seek to understand in the same manner that a man might look to understand any other strong forces on the world, to be able to more accurately know the place he lives in.
[they must adapt to this world, for it will not bend for them. and Mycroft cannot live with the itch under his skin that he would be in any way ignorant.]
We wish to make it less strange and frightening a concept, and instead something we can embrace as part of where we reside.
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[his attitude remains friendly, open - not relaxed, but a sense that the conversation will proceed at Daqiang's pace, and not his. stepping cautiously in a brand new space.]
Magic does not exist where we come from. What some see as such always has an explanation rooted in the world as it is. It's the realm of legends, of myths, pure fiction. Coming to this place, obviously that system of thinking no longer applies, and it would be foolish to essentially ignore the very real impact of magic here. We seek to understand in the same manner that a man might look to understand any other strong forces on the world, to be able to more accurately know the place he lives in.
[they must adapt to this world, for it will not bend for them. and Mycroft cannot live with the itch under his skin that he would be in any way ignorant.]
We wish to make it less strange and frightening a concept, and instead something we can embrace as part of where we reside.