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The Magicus Mundi is out of the closet and onto the evening news. Someone is stirring up the supernatural world against the mundane, and Sylvie may be the only one who can stop an all-out war between the two. That is, if she isn't already too late.
Re: Chipping away
Best nested flashback I've ever experienced? The beginning of Serenity (the movie to close out Firefly, by Joss Whedon). He kept it very seamless. So it can work.