[ Matt's been mentally marshaling definitions of magic, preparing a spiel about energy and how the thaumaturgical thermodynamics of it all are fundamentally neutral where their sources are concerned. But Howl comes at this question from an angle Matt isn't expecting--though maybe he should have. He nods slowly.
Then he shakes his head. ]
Not exactly. I mean, if you're referring to what I think you are ... [ Matt chooses not to notice that he's just implied that so much violence has happened to him that he can't tell incidents apart. ] That happened to me, and magic was sort of involved, but it wasn't--the main thing is how it made me feel. In my body.
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[ Matt's been mentally marshaling definitions of magic, preparing a spiel about energy and how the thaumaturgical thermodynamics of it all are fundamentally neutral where their sources are concerned. But Howl comes at this question from an angle Matt isn't expecting--though maybe he should have. He nods slowly.
Then he shakes his head. ]
Not exactly. I mean, if you're referring to what I think you are ... [ Matt chooses not to notice that he's just implied that so much violence has happened to him that he can't tell incidents apart. ] That happened to me, and magic was sort of involved, but it wasn't--the main thing is how it made me feel. In my body.
[ He frowns. ]
I saw someone hurting you too, I think.