There's a lot more to politics than some mystic chunk of rock. But the revolution was a long time ago and if you ask me, the Singularity makes a real nice and well defined point to rally people around. Good and symbolic. It makes a neat tidy narrative doesn't it? Magic is all that can save us and Thorne are the experts at magic and anyone who doesn't rely on magic is the big scary bad guy. Or confused and ignorant and needs bringing back into the fold.

[Marlo shakes her head.]

We don't rely on magic here.