"There's two kinds of unknowns. There's the kind of unknown where other people don't know the thing, and there's the kind of unknown where I don't know the thing. This book represents the second thing, which is the thing I care about. Magic appears to be both things, and..."
He taps at his keyboard for a bit.
"...ten to fifteen years of academic research, and 'other people' don't know yet. And..."
He consults his notes, briefly.
"...it works here, in this bar. The plant. So... the question is, is magic something that works in all universes, or is the source of its power limited to your world, and that it works here is another one of the bar's inexplicable conveniences?"
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Date: 2014-12-22 03:38 am (UTC)He taps at his keyboard for a bit.
"...ten to fifteen years of academic research, and 'other people' don't know yet. And..."
He consults his notes, briefly.
"...it works here, in this bar. The plant. So... the question is, is magic something that works in all universes, or is the source of its power limited to your world, and that it works here is another one of the bar's inexplicable conveniences?"