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"By the very nature of it, all magic is primitive," said Nicodemus. "It is the appeal of the ignorant to
powers that are suspected, but of which no one is sure."

"Not necessarily so," said Elayne. I know of peoples who have workable magic-magic you can count on. Based, I think, on mathematics."

"By the very nature of it, all magic is primitive," said Nicodemus. "It is the appeal of the ignorant to
powers that are suspected, but of which no one is sure."

"Not necessarily so," said Elayne. "I know of peoples who have workable magic-magic you can count on. Based, I think, on mathematics."

For the love of Christ, he thought, a piece of water!
Although by now he knew it wasn't water. ....

THE brain-that-once-had-been-a-monk was frightened, and the fright brought honesty. Confessional honesty, he thought, although never in the confessional had he ever been as honest as he was being now.