"I don’t have years right now to stop and learn magic. Even if I could, it’s the people who murdered Hanae that interest me, and that trail gets colder every day." Sam ignored the professor’s sigh. It would be nice to gaze into a crystal ball and find the murderers. Even better to wave his band and deliver them to justice. Presuming, of course, that Laverty was right about all this. Besides, he still had to find Janice. If magic could do miracles, let Laverty help him with that. "Professor, are you skilled in the use of mana?"