"You have the advantage on me, then; I've only been awake for about two weeks." Not that she would ever accept that fact if admitting it were anything but a formality; Edriss bowed her head in return, listening to Allison's mental murmur of approval at Daja's manners. "A pleasure, Ms. Kisubo; I'm Dr. Kendra Ahn. A scientist."

A mage, really? Magic, as far as she understood it, was impossible. There had to be some trick to it, didn't there? Some miraculous technology that made whatever it was only seem magical. But then, if there really was such a thing, it could be useful....