Oh, jeez, [ Matt says, ] well ... I guess that's smart, on one level. There were always rumors on my world about secret societies of werewolves or magic users or whatever, and partly it was like "ooh, watch out for their cabals," and partly it seemed kind of, I don't know, escapist? Like, at least in a secret society nobody would be bugging you.
[ Though it'd be harder to make meaningful change. And that's not even touching the fact that apparently this woman wasn't even doing magic. Though it doesn't surprise Matt particularly; his world's normies had a historical tendency to misdiagnose the supernatural. ]
--Oh, [ he says again, at Sebastian's question. He smiles sheepishly. ] I honestly haven't. [ And the things that spring to mind now, "music player" or "velcro shoes" or "a zipper," seem a bit culture bound to ask of a near stranger. ] Although actually ... so in terms of what you can manifest, does it have to be something you've seen before? Or how does it work?
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[ Though it'd be harder to make meaningful change. And that's not even touching the fact that apparently this woman wasn't even doing magic. Though it doesn't surprise Matt particularly; his world's normies had a historical tendency to misdiagnose the supernatural. ]
--Oh, [ he says again, at Sebastian's question. He smiles sheepishly. ] I honestly haven't. [ And the things that spring to mind now, "music player" or "velcro shoes" or "a zipper," seem a bit culture bound to ask of a near stranger. ] Although actually ... so in terms of what you can manifest, does it have to be something you've seen before? Or how does it work?