Once in a while, huge things happen and go completely unnoticed. Incidences as small as a grain of sand in relative terms, though most everyone is familiar with the butterfly effect and it is not an absurd statement that small things can have incredible repercussions. Like the discarded cigarette butt that can start a wildfire, or the subtle glance that can spark epic passions.
Some things are considered to be out of the realm of possibility, but that is because the realm of possibility for us humans is mostly bounded by our abilities and the limits of our senses. It is hard to conceive of something that is not common to our everyday lives.
That is why science can be a tough pill to swallow, even though it is based on observable evidence. The influence of the present can make the past into a fairy tale; how can you easily grasp the notion that a cosmic belch was responsible for the unfathomable network of stars that create the cosmic scape we enjoy from the ground on a planet that is apparently positioned perfectly to sustain us that is also rocketing around space that is dotted with numerous things that could end this existence as we know it? Science, even with its data and proof, is still a very magical thing.
But that is because we are so small that we cannot see it happening and unless we accept the numbers and strive to comprehend the view of our world that they give us, then we have to accept the wisdom of scientists, or choose to ignore the bigger picture altogether and assign other names and explanations to the mysteries of our world that sometimes present themselves to us. Magic is a result of limited perspective, no matter if a woman is being sawed in half or if the Aurora Borealis is lighting up the sky; with more information, anything can be explained.
So when a boy learned that his imagination could become real and tangible playthings for a short time before they disappeared, it was easy for his parents and his sister to assume that they were witnesses to magic, but it is never that simple.
In a world of superstition and religion, most people have the capacity to believe the unbelievable or improbable. There are ghosts stories that keep rational men and women awake at night consumed by real fear. People make pilgrimages based on the sincere belief that it is the will of God, the perceived creator of all existence, and that He will be pleased and show mercy. But it is impossible to deny that our day to day is devoid of magic. No one flies without a plane, no one can precisely predict the future, or move things with their minds. The supernatural mostly exists in our collective imaginations.
But the boy, the boy in NC who just yesterday slipped at the edge of a steep fall and saved himself when he imagined a rope hanging from a branch high above him and reaching all the way to the ground below, and it appeared and he was able to grab it and climb to safety, that boy is as real as the sun. He is one of a kind.
And you might ask, why is his magic real when everything else seems to just be fairy tales and stories? To answer that question, we must travel very far away, an unfathomable distance, to a planet, to a land, the home of an impressive population of natives that had existed for long enough to master the manipulation of science and physical properties.
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