[ The answer to that would have been so simple if she'd asked the Philip teaching at his university, the Philip sitting in a normal café with normal people or even the Philip about to board a plane to Greenland.

But this Philip, the one tapping the table with his finger now, has no idea how to answer that question, especially not without giving away what he'd rather keep to himself. ]

It's certainly nothing like this.

[ At least that much he can reassure, if only for the sake of stalling for time. ]

Although... in a way magic and science are closer linked than we'd sometimes like to believe, at least-- What I mean is that mankind has... always had a tendency to label things we can't comprehend as magic, meaning- [ He clears his throat. ] -meaning the magic of today might very well be the science of tomorrow.

[ Disregarding how that answer answers about 0% of Evelyn's question it has actually been part of a line of thought Philip used to lessen the stress in his distressing situation. Perhaps not enough to help him sleep soundly at night, but hey, that's what the Ambien is for. ]

...We do have excellent departments for research in Physics however, whereas you'll have trouble finding any magical faculties without opening a book in the fiction section.