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

I think it's freaking you out because you're still thinking of Dust as magic. It's not.

Monty calls it Dust and not magic because, well, magic is actually kinda dumb. With magic, you can just do whatever the heck you want, there are few limitations and boundaries, because, as you said, it's a supernatural force that cannot be explained. But by introducing something else, Dust, Monty and the writers have the ability to set these limitations and rules and what not. With Dust, I expect, there are going to be very specific rules as to what you can and cannot do with it, probably answering a lot of your questions. I can't stand it as much as you that the answer to everything on this wiki is just "Wait til Thursday," but that's just what we have to do. We just need to wait, because at some point or another, we will understand everything there is to know about Dust. It just might take a while.