[Maaagnets. Prior recognises the uncertain drawl of one who's never encountered the word before.]
It's all very well the whole magic translation thing they do here, but has anybody thought to hand out dictionaries yet? Magnets, they're-
[He's just not a science guy.]
Some metal attracts other metal, don't ask me why. In my time we use it to make cute plastic letters to stick on the refrigerator, but you could use it to influence a metal-tipped knife to strike the right part of a frame. Magnetic attraction.
[He quickens his pace enough to trade Merlin's arm for the space ahead of him, turning to look back.]
in human terms, it's like when you meet someone's eyes across a dancefloor and you know you both want the same thing. No possible reason for it except something in your makeup recognising something in theirs that makes it shiver in all the right places.
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It's all very well the whole magic translation thing they do here, but has anybody thought to hand out dictionaries yet? Magnets, they're-
[He's just not a science guy.]
Some metal attracts other metal, don't ask me why. In my time we use it to make cute plastic letters to stick on the refrigerator, but you could use it to influence a metal-tipped knife to strike the right part of a frame. Magnetic attraction.
[He quickens his pace enough to trade Merlin's arm for the space ahead of him, turning to look back.]
in human terms, it's like when you meet someone's eyes across a dancefloor and you know you both want the same thing. No possible reason for it except something in your makeup recognising something in theirs that makes it shiver in all the right places.