Question Horizon

There comes a time when a non-human or demi-human is revealed for what he or she is. They catch you casting magic or they see your ears or you don't hide fast enough. And suddenly, this person is aware of a much larger world than just the physical one. So, suddenly, you're faced with a decision. Do you try to explain away what they've seen by using science fiction doublespeak? Or have you just taken on an acolyte? Sometimes you're lucky and they cobble together their own fantastic rationalization, but more likely they need an explanation, and not necessarily a rational one. Just something to keep them from thinking they're totally nuts.

Now, honestly, human minds run on emotion and logic. Most of their world runs this way, too. Magic is too chaotic to their way of thinking and violates most of their natural laws. Some of them can deal with its existence better than others. It's no big secret really that magic exists; we just don't discuss it openly because most humans would think we're crazy or worse. If someone point blank asked me if magic exists, I'd say yes. Whether they believed me is a separate question.