Mason: Dad? ...There's no, like, real magic in the world, right?
Dad: What do you mean?
Mason: You know, like elves and stuff. People just made that up.
Dad: Oh, I don't know. I mean, what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like... like a whale? You know what I mean? What if I told you a story about how underneath the ocean, there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs and it was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries? I mean, you'd think that was pretty magical, right?
Mason: Yeah. But, like... right this second, there's, like, no elves in the world, right?
Dad: [beat] No. Technically, no elves.
Dad: What do you mean?
Mason: You know, like elves and stuff. People just made that up.
Dad: Oh, I don't know. I mean, what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like... like a whale? You know what I mean? What if I told you a story about how underneath the ocean, there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs and it was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries? I mean, you'd think that was pretty magical, right?
Mason: Yeah. But, like... right this second, there's, like, no elves in the world, right?
Dad: [beat] No. Technically, no elves.
Mason : Dad? ...There's no, like, real magic in the world, right?
Dad : What do you mean?
Mason : You know, like elves and stuff. People just made that up.
Dad : Oh, I don't know. I mean, what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like... like a whale? You know what I mean? What if I told you a story about how underneath the ocean, there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs and it was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries? I mean, you'd think that was pretty magical, right?
Mason : Yeah. But, like... right this second, there's, like, no elves in the world, right?
Dad : [beat] No. Technically, no elves.
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