Raudd broke the following silence with a sigh. [color=#0050ff][b]"I think you just put your finger on a sore spot. A lot of things magic can do can be explained away as superpowers, but we've got a few things that might be distinct enough."[/b][/color] He said before looking over to Zolya who procured the bottle of contained crimson from her cloak. [color=#018c3b][b]"I think you recognize this."[/b][/color] She said sliding the bottle over the coffee table to Yue. [color=#018c3b][b]"I'm assuming you haven't seen much interact with that crimson of yours? Give it a shake if you want, the crimson can't escape as long as the bottle remains corked, and even if it escapes it'll quickly get pulled into the runestones in the area and cleaned up."[/b][/color] She said fully expecting this to be insufficient for Yue. There were other things they could do, but almost all of them required getting off the couch and some were a little less pleasant to the eyes.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"I haven't... but,"[/color][/b] Yue hesitated, taking up the bottle and examining it closely.  She ran her fingers along the glass, watching the bottled coil writhe inside as it struggled to make contact with her skin.  [b][color=#CE2B95]"OK,"[/color][/b] she sighed.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Arcanist has explained to me that... my body generates a field of energy that envelopes the things that I touch, and that... the fact that it doesn't register on his instruments and that he can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  I'm tuned in to a spectrum of energy that is, how did he put it... '[i]Fucky and beyond his comprehension to perceive,[/i]'"[/color][/b] she recalled with a bit of a snort.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Also goes to reason, that if this spectrum of energy exists, and I can perceive and interact with it, that others may be able to as well so, while I appreciate the validation that what I'm seeing is indeed [i]real[/i]... I'm going to need something more concrete than this,"[/color][/b] she explained.  Everyone else in the room shared a knowing glance.  Archer just smiled and tried not to laugh.

[color=#0050ff][b]"Fucky and beyond comprehension to perceive...  Sounds about right."[/b][/color] Raudd said with a lighthearted tone giving both Archer and Zolya a glance. [color=#018c3b][b]"Well that's largely within expectations. How about I get you a research paper on this form of energy?"[/b][/color] Zolya asked Yue with a bit of a smile.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Research?"[/color][/b] Yue perked up with a bit of inquisitive wonder.

[b][color=#c45302]"Magic is as much of a natural science as Physics is, hon.  People dedicate their lives to studying it and, to this day, are finding new theories."[/color][/b]

Hardly a second after the question Zolya spoke up again. [color=#018c3b][b]"[Rappel de Livre.]"[/b][/color] Her words carrying a strange echo. She held up an open hand as if expecting something to come flying into it and not more than a few seconds after a book came flying into the living room from an open window elsewhere in the building.

[b][color=#c45302]"Ooh, I haven't seen one of these in a while,"[/color][/b] Archer chirped.  [b][color=#c45302]"The way each organization and tradition stores and distributes knowledge is as unique as the culture itself,"[/color][/b] he explained.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"H-how does yours do it?"[/color][/b]

[b][color=#c45302]"Oral tradition held strong in Greece for a very long time, so we kept knowledge in stories and myth.  My twin and I developed a method for storing information in enchantments, so Olympia has a vast library that is... actually very portable.  You may want to have a conversation with your mother too.  She's a [i]Sword Song Mystic[/i] like you are, and probably has some family resources tucked away someplace."[/color][/b]

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Yes...,"[/color][/b] Yue muttered, with a note of suppressed ire.  [b][color=#CE2B95]"I think I will..."[/color][/b]

As Zolya put the book on her lap everyone could clearly see the book as a large leatherbound hardcover adorned with various patterns in gold leaf the header reading 'le monde réveillé expliqué' written in an older cursive font and below it in a smaller but similarly cursive font 'Savante'. [color=#018c3b][b]"[Reproduire, apprenti.]"[/b][/color] She said holding her hand slightly above the book as a significantly thinner copy of which the cover was a near perfect copy, aside from the fact that instead of 'Savante' it read 'Apprenti'.

[color=#018c3b][b]"Normally these are only given to members of our organization, but I have some liberties to make exceptions."[/b][/color] She says as she held the thinner book out for Yue to grab. [color=#0050ff][b]"As you can see, to someone 'mundane' the book is not only invisible... We can't even touch it."[/b][/color] Raudd said as he stretched out his arm and let it intersect with where he assumed the book should be.

[b][color=#c45302]"You have a very unique opportunity to learn from multiple traditions,"[/color][/b] Archer noted as Yue took the book.  Raudd groped awkwardly in front of her, and she attempted to thump him in the chest with the book experimentally, raising an eyebrow as it passed through him.  She looked at the cover intently as threads of [Silver] weaved out of her fingertips and throughout the pages of the book, converting the text to Kanji.

[b][color=#c45302]"You like to read in Japanese?"[/color][/b]  Archer asked with interest, peering over her shoulder.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Y-yeah.  More information conveyed in fewer characters.  All of my displays are in Kanji... I mean it may [i]seem[/i] silly since I can stretch precious seconds out so far, but when fractions of a fraction of a second are involved, reducing the amount of time I spend reading means I can spend more focus on the things around me... is it [i]supposed[/i] to vibrate?"[/color][/b] She asked, with a note of concern.

[color=#018c3b][b]"Hmmm, now that would be a nice feature."[/b][/color] Zolya joked as she watched with some surprise at what was happening to the book. [color=#0050ff][b]"Deja vu, ain't it?"[/b][/color] Raudd asked his sister with some glee.