["Mage-hating" sounds more visceral. She'd prefer it, even, if it wasn't more clumsy on the tongue. It was definitely the more accurate descriptor.
Of course...there's nothing more mage-hating, anti-mage, or whatever you'd like to call it than implying that magic is just poorly understood science. In fact, she's never heard that one before! She'll get to the main point in a second - right now, she's bristled a little. There's being afraid and superstitious, and then there's saying she isn't what she is.]
Magic is magic. [She raises a hand and creates an orb of light in it to demonstrate.] Science and magic might indirectly inspire each other sometimes, but only mages can cast spells.
wow wtf happened to that sentence. That'll teach me to tag on five hours of sleep
Of course...there's nothing more mage-hating, anti-mage, or whatever you'd like to call it than implying that magic is just poorly understood science. In fact, she's never heard that one before! She'll get to the main point in a second - right now, she's bristled a little. There's being afraid and superstitious, and then there's saying she isn't what she is.]
Magic is magic. [She raises a hand and creates an orb of light in it to demonstrate.] Science and magic might indirectly inspire each other sometimes, but only mages can cast spells.