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"Both. You learn that it's not about recipes at all."
"So, you do anything you want with magic?"
"Well, not just by wishing it. When you learn how to think about magic, you learn how to predict its effects."
"...and then I can try to figure out what to do so that I would have the effect I want?"
"Yes. Just like when you deal with any other part of the world."
@trinsec My head :) For some reason it didn't get threaded correctly; it's a continuation of https://mastodon.social/@MicroSFF/109161698752565804
@robryk Where's that from?