I Know,i Can Smell It, Too.

I Wanted To Know How Humans Came Up With A View Of The World That Had So Little Magic In It. I Needed To Understand How They Convinced Themselves That Magic Wasn’t Important.

I Saw The Logic That They Used, And The Death Of A Thousand Cuts As Experimental Scientists Slowly Chipped Away At The Belief That The World Was An Inexplicably Powerful, Magical Place. Ultimately They Failed, Though. The Magic Never Really Went Away. It Waited, Quietly, For People To Return To It When They Found The Science Wanting.

Occasio Praeceps, Experimentum Periculosum, Iudicium Difficile."..' Opportunity Is Fleeting, Experiment Dangerous, And Judgement Difficult.

Ni Muer Ni Viu Ni No Guaris, Ni Mal No·m Sent E Si L’ai Gran, Quar De S’amor No Suy Devis, Ni No Sai Si Ja N’aurai Ni Quan, Qu’en Lieys Es Tota Le Mercés Que·m Pot Sorzer O Decazer.” “not Dying Nor Living Nor Healing, There Is No Pain In My Sickness, For I Am Not Kept From Her Love. I Don’t Know If I Will Ever Have It, For All The Mercy That Makes Me Flourish Or Decay Is In Her Power.

We Kissed Each Other, Long And Deep, While My Legs Opened Like The Covers Of A Book.