A Formal Inquiry into the Existence of Magic
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Last published Fri, Nov 16, 2018
I shouldn't be writing this. If anyone finds it, I'll be expelled. I'll be exiled from Techence forever. The collectors might even make me uh...disappear. But I can't shake the feeling that the university is hiding something.
As with any proper scientific inquiry, I'll begin with a working hypothesis: magic exists.
I know, I know. It sounds absurd. It goes against everything I've learned here.
But if you'd seen the things I've seen here - if you'd seen how our botanists can combine plants, if you'd seen the weapons we have, if you'd seen a ship that can fly - you'd agree with me that anything is possible. Maybe even magic.
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