Transcript of #248

You better believe I'm going to study the vote button closely.

Commentary Transcript

Panel 1:

Cal, next to where the beanstalk used to be.

Calvin H. Meletie, thinking: Magic is real. There seems to be no other way to explain everything that just happened.

Calvin H. Meletie, thinking: My career, my whole life is built on explaining everything rationally.

Calvin H. Meletie, thinking: But no, the universe has to say, "Hey, Cal! Magic is real! The world doesn't make sense! Bet you feel stupid now, huh?"

Panel 2:

Calvin H. Meletie, thinking: What is magic, anyway? How does it work? Is there a system to it?

Calvin H. Meletie, thinking: ...wait a minute. Those are questions that could be tackled by scientific studies.

Calvin H. Meletie, thinking: As long as magic is consistent - hypothesis number one - I should be able to research it scientifically!

Panel 3:

Calvin H. Meletie, thinking: I didn't create the field of asafeiology, the study of anything, for nothing!

Calvin H. Meletie, thinking: I want to understand everything that exists, and if there is such a thing as magic...

Calvin H. Meletie: You better believe I'm going to study it!

Title: "Hypothesis Number One"

Storyline: "Beanstalk" (13)

Additional tags: magicology, inner monologue, outside

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