[Magic, energy, essence, soul. All words that can mean the same thing, but Stephen knows better than to assume he already knows, even when he thinks he already knows. Magic is never that easy.

He tries to keep his little smile out of his pause and from his words as best he can. He probably doesn’t fully manage it.]

Now that is interesting.

‘Dreamfuckery’ isn’t exactly the term I’ve seen used, but, you know how ancient texts are. Sometimes things get lost in translation.