“Well, that’s the problem,” Mark says briskly. “Magic is fueled by belief and willpower. If you don’t believe you can do it, you can’t. You need to change your belief about the experimental result; that will change the result itself.” “Funny,” I say nostalgically, “that’s what Autrey said when I told him about the pebble-and-bucket method. That it was too ridiculous for him to believe, so it wouldn’t work for him.” “How did you persuade him?” inquires Mark. “I told him to shut up and follow instructions,” I say, “and when the method worked, Autrey started believing in it.” Mark frowns,
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