Excuse me? [Querla scowls.] There is no such thing as magic. There is only irrational, illogical happenstance that forms in the guise of magosh, which, by the way, were mostly used to terrorize and torture ill-minded people in the ancient days.

[Her face flushes dark green. Oh how Querla hates magic. The very word irritates her. Almost as much as a cockroach!]

But.. [She looks Philip up in down.] You seem to be a man of rationality. Can you really answer my questions?