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El Goonish Shive

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"Are they like, really fancy dictionaries? Do they have a thesaurus built in? Synonyms and antonyms? Because I think you can just buy books that do that. You don't need to ask an immortal."

I been curious about this for a while, do spell books only come from immortals? Or is there some other way to get them?

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There might be another way to get them.

There are essentially two primary possibilities:

  • The paranormal investigators have a way to make the books themselves.
  • The paranormal investigators don't have a way to make the books themselves, but are allies and/or customers of one or more immortals.

Until the comic itself settles that on-panel, anything I say could be canceled out later in a literal, well, panel.

The latter option has legs, though, as it's been hinted that they have contact with immortals. The books themselves also do things that I could fairly argue would be a bit much for mortals to pull off.

That said, whatever makes for the better story will win (should it ever be established at all).

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