"But you can learn science," he points out. As Eiffel is stopping, Hilbert grabs a bit of wall so he can turn around and continue the conversation, stopping his movement as well. "With science, you can break things down to essentials. Step by step process that others can repeat. That is how it would happen back home, that is how it could happen here. With magic, everything becomes more fluid. How do you learn magic? Born to it? Study? Something inherent to your race? It is not predictable or repeatable like science is."

There's a pause before he continues. "Experiment is worthless if others cannot repeat it. That goes with everything here."