User blog comment:TheNewProtagonist/Dust is actually kinda dumb./@comment-166.137.191.32-20130813155152/@comment-14973176-20130813171627

Actually, I think 166.137.191.32 makes a good point, honestly.

I'm not sure we'll ever be told how exactly dust works and if we will ever know everything there is to know, and to be honest I'm even fine with not knowing. Don't get me wrong, it'd be great to and I understand the desire or need to understand it, but I never actually gave it any thought before.

But the point is; it's not magic. You can say: "show me a girl who can sprout ... you can't tell me that's not magic". Actually, we can. If I'd never seen a gun or a grenade in my life and suddenly you show me a show in which someone uses a metal stick to make some noise and have a far of character drop dead or throw a little ball and make a huge explosion, I would say: that's magic!

My best bet would be that it's all some sort of chemical reaction, but I don't know

But heck, when I play Halo they have weapons that literally don't make sense but it's assumed it's just strange technology, not magic.

The point is, we don't understand this technology which is why it seems like it's magic. But it's not.