text; un: beatrix [1]

[fiendennor]

Do you believe in magic?
If so, what do you know about it?

Comments

[ettersberg]

That would depend on whether it involves a breach of the peace or not.

[fiendennor]

Say it doesn't.
Say it's... a harmless magic show that's more than just illusion or sleight of hand.

[ettersberg]

Then I would fail to see the issue.

[ him, personally - but then, he was the last sanctioned wizard, so the decision has been his for the last decades. ]

[fiendennor]

So despite the fact that your world has this masquerade as far as magic is concerned, you personally wouldn't mind it being punctured?

[ettersberg]

I don't think a harmless display of magic would puncture it. People would believe it a trick.

[fiendennor]

I suppose that's fair enough.
It's a reasonable judgment, for a world where magic is only considered tricks.

[ettersberg]

Precisely.