as above, so below
The consultant says something interesting here, and there’s more to unpack than there might seem. In particular, I want to take a moment to address his comments on language, ambiguity, and to an extent on the actual magic in use, and all three tie together.…
Kyoko’s selection of plants is very much intentional, and I think especially that the plants she picked out for their poisonous properties are worth discussing briefly. If you look into the mechanisms and the pharmacology of them, you’ll find that they vary widely. In fact, she has very little overlap in mechanism, and she has one example of each of the major modes of action employed by dangerously toxic plants.…
Kyoko closes her eyes to mitigate her sensory overload. There’s an interesting point here, and it’s just obscure enough that if someone does notice, it would be easy to think it’s a mistake on my part. To avoid that, and because it brings up some interesting details, I thought I’d write up a discussion of the topic.…