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[elegance_guaranteed]

[This is the expression of a child who just got what he wanted for Christmas, set on a face that would have been suitably boyish if his eyes had not been quite so unnerving. One was a dark grey marble and the other, unnaturally pale with a tiny pinhole pupil. An indistinct feeling of discomfort generally accompanies those who stare at him too long.]

A new scrying stone in my pocket and a new sword? I do hope that everybody's Hogswatch was as happy as mine.

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[elegance_guaranteed]

Depends on what? [Some people from his world insisted it wasn't real either, despite wizards making New and Dangerous things in their Unseen University. It was interesting to learn where people's hangups were, if only to learn their weaknesses.]

[regretel]

On the person who's experiencing the magic. If they believe it's magic, that's what it is. If they don't, it isn't.

[elegance_guaranteed]

[He turns this worldview over in his head before responding. It isn't entirely unheard of. Adults stopped believing in bogeymen, which left them free from their influence. Denial didn't mean as much when shops disappeared or pigs started walking up invisible ramps because someone wasn't obeying environmental regulations in a magic distillation plant.]

And what do you believe?

[regretel]

Whatever's most convenient at the time.

[Her response is flippant, but it's probably the easiest way to summarize her stance.]

[elegance_guaranteed]

And that works? [He leans in, suddenly very interested.] You can flip between belief and disbelief and it works for you?

[regretel]

The truth is the truth no matter who's looking at it. But no two people are going to see it the same way. If magic is the best explanation I can come up with, then I'll believe in magic. If magic doesn't explain something, I won't.