"I'm glad to hear that - I mean glad that you will never give up hope. It's a powerful weapon against them, and that's exactly why they want to break you of it. The more hope you have the less they're able to control you."<br/><br/>Soon enough he paused and nodded, "I'm not sure of the reasons, and I'm not really into believing in magic or anything...but I think that yeah they're using DNA to shift us into other things. Maybe it's some sort of a cruel medical experiment."<br/><br/>Then, though, the raccoon paused, "...but maybe, just maybe, magic is real." It was, of course, a startling thought to him since it kind of shattered his entire worldview in that respect.