"Is the wheel a bootstrapper? The gun? Ancient smiths had no need to know the chemical properties of the iron and copper they worked. They talked of spirits in the metal while they continued to operate their hammers and forges. We have isolated the chemical properties and brainstates of the mystical state in our universe and can induce them at will. The rules for the spiritual world in each universe are different, but the state of the experiencer remains constant." She smiles, also sitting next to the girl. She knows immediately better than to talk down to Roxie, so she approaches the girl as if she were an intelligent yet ignorant adult.