Beige Magic smelled like perfume. Red Magic smelled like berries or blood, supposedly. Since it was strictly outlawed, I’d never smelled it. Then there was Grey Magic. Considered experimental and not exactly safe, its use was first limited to academic settings. But lately, big corporations were starting to hire Grey Magic practitioners as consultants, on the theory that it gave their businesses an edge. I had no idea how that worked, but I did know what Grey Magic was supposed to smell like. Burning grass.
