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[imnot_likeyou]

[So Sam really shouldn't be in the library. He SHOULD be back in his room, resting from the injuries he managed to get earlier in the week, but being Sam and not thinking about his personal well-being at all, he's putting himself to work instead

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[courageous_wit]

[hello fellow library dweller. Have a bushy-haired girl come up]

Oh, hello. What are you studying?

[imnot_likeyou]

[looks up with a bit of stiff smile]

Egyptian mythology.

[courageous_wit]

Ohh! Egyptian mythology is fascinating!

[imnot_likeyou]

I think so too. They have really interesting views on the afterlife.

[courageous_wit]

Yes. Of course, all cultures have interesting views of the afterlife, but the Egyptians put so much ritual into how they preserved and protected the dead.

You know those curses people think come with Egyptian tombs? Many of them are actually real.

[imnot_likeyou]

[ ... not that he really ever doubted that]

Really?

[courageous_wit]

Oh, yes. The Egyptian wizards put all sorts of curses on the tombs. I haven't had the chance to see them in person, but I read all about them. If you like, I could show you some books on the subject.

[imnot_likeyou]

Wizards? Huh. There's one I haven't heard in a while.

[courageous_wit]

You've never heard of wizards?

[imnot_likeyou]

No, I have. They're just not common. At least not where I'm from.

[courageous_wit]

Oh, in that case I can find good books for you to read. Magic plays a very important role in the myth of Isis.

[imnot_likeyou]

So I'm learning.

[courageous_wit]

[plops down a thick volume] That one will be helpful for you, I think.

[imnot_likeyou]

[eyes widen a bit as his head tips to the side]

That's a big one.

[courageous_wit]

[cheerfully] It's a book from my world, so it has much stronger emphasis on the magic of ancient Egypt than you would find in Muggle history books.

[imnot_likeyou]

Huh.

[takes a minute to flip it open]

So how does magic work in your world?