"No, it's genetic, or so goes the theory. Wizards, most wizards, don't know or 'believe' in modern science." Even after all these years, he's still angry instead of resigned. Being afraid of change is one thing, but that level of willful, harmful ignorance is another. There's a fluttering of newsprint behind him and Mycroft might be able to catch sight of old headlines from the war. The redesign of the Department of Magical Creatures, the creation of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission, and all the ways these things are meant to aid and heal their fractured society.
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