@PriceofMagic wrote:
If he saw magic but wasn’t expecting to then he would have been more “Did I actually see what I thought I saw?”. From living in a world without magic, his mind would’ve been conditioned to believe there is no such thing as magic and would’ve tried to find the most logical solution to what occured. He also would have probably kept it to himself for fear that he had gone insane or that others would deem him mentally unfit. He seemed like he was excited because he had found evidence to prove him right.
Exactly. His demeanour during that phonecall sounded much more like someone who had found what they were looking for, as opposed to someone who’d stumbled on something unbelievable completely unexpectedly, IMO.
Also regarding that phonecall, I think the persistent calls from Her had been because the last time they’d spoken, (and we know they’d had a few calls back and forth, assuming hers is the repeated number in the call list in his phone), he’d told her he thought he’d found the place he was looking for, and was heading in. So when she didn’t hear from him again, she began to worry. Which would be perfectly understandable, if he was heading into a place where he believed magic and living storybook characters to be. I’d have been wanting scheduled updates if I was Her, and if he was suddenly MIA, I’d be trying to call every 5 minutes.
@Schmacky wrote:
That’s not necessarily true because there are people of today, now, here, in our world, that believe in magic. Or believe in the possibility of it. Just because he didn’t instantly be skeptical about it doesn’t mean he’s not an actual outsider.
Even if he proves to actually be just a real world person, I think he has to be one of those people who believes, and he had to be seeking this place out as a result of that belief. I don’t think he was just some random, regular guy who stumbled on SB purely by chance.