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Doom: Consider this. If 'magical thinking' is the assumption of a higher narrative in the flow of events... then true magic... Loki: What are you talking about, you mad old— Doom: It's. My. Move. As I was saying. True magic is the imposition of a narrative upon reality. It is telling a story to the world... and making the world believe it. The dark work of police and politicians. Of rulers. And tricksters. And if magic is narrative... then to be a creature of magic... to be a god... is to be a creature of story. Yes? Your move. Loki: Um... Sorry, I wasn't listening. Why do your robots all look like you again? Doom: Not the move I would have made. Still— it's a fair question. Why do they look like me? Doesn't it create the possibility that I am one? That Doom may, at any moment, be a machine? That I am not myself? Of course it does. That is how I wish it. I once let Arcade strike a match on me, just to maintain that confusion. Think, boy. If I am ever defeated or dishonored— If I ever act in ways unworthy of myself... If I ever die... The word goes out: "It must have been a Doombot." And the reverse is true. My robots often confuse my foes—I may be a robot now, speaking these words. How would you know? How would I? What is Doom? The flesh and blood I can swap out at my convenience? The mind that can be copied into a thousand machines? No. Doom cannot fit in such small containers. I am not my body. Not my mind. I am... I am the old trunk, filled with ancient mysteries. I am the explosion in the college laboratory. I am the mask that burns with the fires of vengeance. I am the legend that unites this nation. I am the story of Doom. And if Doom is a creature of story... Loki: Stop. Just... stop. This is madness, Doom. You're not a story. You're not a god. One day, you'll die— Doom: Oh? The story of Doom can end, you say? Loki: Yes! Doom: Then I'm a better story than you.

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ドゥーム: 考えてみてください。もし「魔法的思考」が出来事の流れの中でより高次の物語を想定することなら…真の魔法は… ロキ: 何を言っているんだ、この狂った老いぼれは… ドゥーム: それは…私の…動きだ。私が言ったように。真の魔法は現実に物語を押し付けることだ。それは世界に物語を語り…そして世界にそれを信じさせることだ。

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Doom: Think about it. If "magical thinking" is imagining a higher order story in the flow of events... then true magic is... Loki: What are you talking about, you crazy old man... Doom: That's... my... move. Like I said. True magic is actually imagining a story.

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ドゥーム: よく考えてください。もし「魔法の思考」が出来事の流れの中でより高次の物語を想像することであるならば... 本当の魔法は... ロキ: 何を言っているんだ、この頭のおかしい老人... ドゥーム: それは... 私の... 動きだ。言ったとおりだ。本当の魔法は実際に物語を想像することだ。

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Doom: Think about it. If "magical thinking" is imagining a higher order story within the flow of events... then true magic is... Loki: What are you talking about, you crazy old man... Doom: It's... my... movement. I told you. True magic is...

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ドゥーム: よく考えろ。もし「魔法的思考」が出来事の流れの中でより高次の物語を想像することだとしたら… 本当の魔法とは… ロキ: 何を言ってるんだ、このイカれた老人… ドゥーム: それは… 私の… 動きだ。言っただろう。本当の魔法とは…

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Doom: Think about it. If "magical thinking" is imagining a higher order story within the flow of events... then true magic is... Loki: What are you talking about, you crazy old man... Doom: It's... my... movement. I told you. True magic is...