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“Yes, I am physically superior to a human being. I'm smarter,
faster, stronger etcetera … However, these traits do not make
me a magical creature.”
“Come on! They say you can bend metal bars with your mind,
ignite fire and cast spells!” Daina protested.
“Yeah, I'm secretly a Jedi.” Jaunee laughed, “You caught me.
I'm the incestuous daughter of Luke and Leia.”
“Are you?” Daina replied, and Jaunee could not read if she
was being serious.
“Non!” Jaunee began. “However, you are correct that I am
capable of performing magic,” She admitted.
“See!” Daina replied.
“Magic, as you refer to it is nothing more than a form of energy
one can learn to harness with practice and effort. There is
nothing supernatural or magical about it. All energies obey the
laws of physics. However, your human understanding of physics
still has not reached its full maturity ... A few decades ago flying
to the moon was considered science fiction. Just imagine what
you could accomplish a century from now, assuming a nuclear
war doesn’t extinguish human life. You could be immortal, all of
you.” Jaunee said, hopefully.
“Do you really believe it's possible?” Daina asked, now keenly
interested. She thought back to her life, to her every-morning
ritual of looking in the mirror — looking for graying hairs. What
a dream it would be to be forever young.
“Oui ... I believe that it is. But for this dream to become real
…” Jaunee mistakenly replied to Daina's thoughts. “… The light
will have to finally overcome the darkness.”
“What is the light then, and what is the darkness?” Daina
asked, forgetting her role as interviewer.
“Oh it's nothing magical…to put plainly. The darkness is a

