Magic comes from a connection to other... Planes in our world. Dimensions, if you like. It's a bit complicated. The official explanation is very... incorrect. [Fortescue stops the flame, replacing her hand in her lap.] But it's built on superstition and taboo, so it'll remain for a while.

[She's looking forward to the day when Magus are no longer a dirty secret. Every government has them. People know. They're just not acknowledging them.]

When you say biotics, do you mean... genetic sciences?