"Huh." Peter opened his mouth to take a bite of octopus. It tasted meaty and
of the sea. He continued talking while he chewed. "Anyway. This guy, a mage,
Harry Mason, he guessed that what happened in 2011, when all the magic started 
occurring... that was the start of magic’s rise. First the elves and dwarfs
started being born. Then the Indians got their shamanistic powers. Then people 
started tapping into hermetic magic. And then, in 2021, some people just 
spontaneously began to change into metahumans—orks and trolls—one out of ten—it
just happens. So the magic built in power."