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[milkisgross]

[Edward's been seeing all of these different posts come up. It's obnoxious to him, but he can see the potential of being able to communicate with so many like this, so he decided to give it a try.]

It's come to my attention that there's a few people here who use "magic." From what I've seen, there's nothing like it where I come from and I have a few questions for anyone who's willing to answer.

In science, you've got different laws that everything follows. Is that the same for magic? Does some magic have laws while others don't?

Are there different fields of magic? What are they?

Where does the energy or power come from?

What makes it "magic" and not a field of science?

Comments

[milkisgross]

Considering your from a completely different world I don't think your questions were weird at all. It's only fair I answer a few of your questions since you answered mine.

[schmisse]

What's the weirdest question you've received so far?

[milkisgross]

Through here? Probably the question you just asked. Even in my world there are people who don't have a good understanding of alchemy, so I'm used to people asking questions about it. There was this one town my brother and I passed through where people mistook it for miracles.

A lot of the people I've spoken to here seem to think it fits under magic though. I guess it does for some worlds, but in mine it's considered a science.

[schmisse]

If there's a study to it, then I suppose it's science. We have Semblances and Dust, and we control them and we use them by making use of other factors. With magic, you can do things with just a wave of your hand and by thinking it.

But maybe one's understanding of magic differs from one world to another. Or magic in general could be different in another world.

I'm glad I was able to provide answers to your inquiry, though.

[milkisgross]

I wish I could do things just with a thought and a wave of a hand. They way magic works for you seems to be easier than it is for a lot of other people I've spoken with so far. From what I can tell magic just seems to be different from world to world, though maybe the different approaches people have taken to understand it might also be a factor.

I appreciate it. I'm glad I could teach you a little bit about alchemy in return.

[schmisse]

If you'd ever like to exchange information, I'm just a text away.

[milkisgross]

Likewise.

[OoC: If you ever wanna play out anything with Ed, you can catch me on earthykitty or PM this journal.]