"...Wizidrical energy." Well, that's a new one. Andrew's not going to disbelieve it automatically -- there's a Quarkbeast right around the other side of this shrub right now, for one thing -- but he feels the same healthy doubt he usually feels when people start talking about magic. At least the way she talked about energy sounds like there's a system to it, though what sort of energy they must be tapping into he doesn't know.

"That's a fair bit different," he points out, amused.