"Well, I just know I feel through something," he corrected her, finally giving up and just sitting all the way down on the floor beside the greedy beast. "I believe is a tear through space-time, but that doesn't make it magic. At least not to me. And in my world, where I from, as I said - we have no magic. We have the word, but it doesn't mean the same thing it does here. The things you can do with magic we accomplish with science and technology. Which, some might say, is its own form of magic."

He gave her a smile and laugh softly at her assessment.

"I'll admit, there are things that give me pause, but overall I find it quite fascinating - all the difference races and cultures. It's exciting."