"How long does it usually take for someone to become really institutionalized here and no longer really interested in escaping?" Soon he was tilting his head as he awaited the answer, but something had honestly told him that he wasn't going to like whatever it was anyway so he figured that he might very well have not asked.<br/><br/>"It's not magic...it's a form of engineering. Genetic material defines your physical characteristics, and I think that this facility is tampering with it in the different types of laboratory animals that they're bringing in...I mean of course you and me."<br/><br/>He blinked again, figuring that might have given her a decent idea of what it was that was going on at the moment.<br/><br/>"Genetics and DNA...I mean it's the same stuff or something. I'm not claiming to be a scientist, but then again it seems like we have a pretty different worldview or something. You mentioned magic. So that power you have...it's magic? Magic is real?"<br/><br/>At least he was keeping an open mind for the time being anyway. He had never heard of such things being that genuine.<br/><br/>Edit: Sorry, part of my post got cut off the first time I posted it!