"No doubt. Perhaps they’ve located some ... what did that title say? Loci. Genetic loci that are tied with magical ability. It’s a scary prospect, ’cause if anyone figures it out, they could manufacture magi just by giving an unborn child the right genes. Or they could try experiments like putting more than one copy of the crucial locus into someone, hoping to get a super mage. Who knows what the frag they’re up to."