\u201cNope\u201d, Lyra smiled mischievously. \u201cOnly Harry is allowed to tickle me in my tickliest spots. You\u2019re allowed to hold me while he does it, though\u201d, she winked at Hermione while both she and Harry blushed like two tomatoes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you people up to so early in the morning?\u201d, Viktor came with his coffee cup, finding Lyra in a very good mood while Harry and Hermione looked like they wanted the ground to swallow them whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you do to them, sis?\u201d, he laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, a little payback\u201d, she played innocent. \u201cYou know how she likes to tease me until I hide my face under something\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh\u201d, he realised it must be about the goddess thing. \u201cWell, serves them right. I\u2019d never call you my goddess to your face. I just pray to you at a private altar in my room\u201d, he snickered.<\/p>\n
Hermione gave him a high five. \u201cThat\u2019s my husband\u201d.<\/p>\n
Lyra hid her face into Harry\u2019s chest and whispered \u201cIt\u2019s all your fault\u201d. He snickered and kissed her head.<\/p>\n
\u201cLyra was actually leaving us dumbfounded with her understanding of things and I couldn\u2019t resist, because honestly and jokes aside, she\u2019s so impressive I feel like melting into a puddle at her feet, and I was teasing her to hide my embarrassment\u201d, she told Viktor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just figured out something else, while we\u2019re at it\u201d, Lyra was now more serious. \u201cThe muggles have the concept of meaning inverted, from us\u201d, she mused. \u201cTo them, meaning is an emergent property of human brain, which is an emergent property of chemistry and physics, and the physical world is a reality, that they almost figured out, and there\u2019s just a few minor details left to deal with, like making the theory of quantum gravity. To us, however, the physical world is an emergent property of meaning, that manifests our souls first, then our minds, and then we use our minds through wands to wield magic in ways that change the manifestation according to how we perceive meaning, as persons\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hermione was deep in thought. \u201cThey used to believe the same as we, you know. It\u2019s just in the last few centuries that they turned it all around. Can it be that our Statute of Secrecy caused it, by removing us from their world?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s actually very likely\u201d, Harry agreed. \u201cNot knowing about magic and what they would call miracles, they were free to formulate theories around the most vulgar materialism, where physical world is a reality and everything else is either an emergent property, or a figment of imagination\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe never had that luxury\u201d, Viktor nodded in assent. \u201cAnyone seeing or doing conjuration or transfiguration is permanently inoculated against materialism. It\u2019s simply not a sustainable theory\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, you stopped playing the dumb guy\u201d, Hermione took his hand and snickered.<\/p>\n
\u201cI figured I can\u2019t win so I might as well join you\u201d, he kissed her palm.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNope\u201d, Lyra smiled mischievously. \u201cOnly Harry is allowed to tickle me in my tickliest spots. You\u2019re allowed to hold me while he does it, though\u201d, she winked at Hermione while both she and Harry blushed like two tomatoes. \u201cWhat are … Continue reading