"The overall technology level of a society doesn't have the be significantly advanced to have a few far advanced outcomes. Things are discovered by accident much of the time, and even things that are in use widely don't always have clear explanations until much later. For example, take what we know about the human brain. For all of that, and all of the medical science meant to effect it, we still aren't one-hundred percent certain how it works." His voice becomes raspy in the middle of his sermon and Albert's forced to clear his throat, trying not to cough.

"You don't have to explain how something works for it to work, but that doesn't mean there isn't a logical explanation. Calling it magic is lazy."