None. Even if every so often, something pops up that makes people believe in it.

[ and there's some truth in the stories and myths - but there's also a scientific explanation, even if it may not be one the people who first told the stories understood or were aware of. ]

So yours has magic? Really?

[ the existence of a multiverse isn't so strange to her. she's read some of the more popular books on quantum physics, on multiverse theory, on the state of the art of physics and what is known and theorised about the universe. call it curiosity.

but magic?

she'd have thought the laws of physics would apply the same in all possible worlds. maybe she was wrong about that. maybe it's still true and what is magic here or in his world has scientific explanations, too, that simply go beyond what they know and understand (yet).

he draws another curve; the spiral shivers - and lara lets her hands move again, too, working on a spiral. perhaps it'll help with his frown. ]

I'll be honest, I've no idea what to make of it yet. This seems useful, at least.