But the loss was real; I had substituted for the true magic a chemical fake.

How his staff could manage to find all these things and have them ready in two short hours is true magic.

"For if he had been able to use true magic against us, he might have prevailed after all."

You traveled by means of an ancient machine having no true magic about it.

But hers was the stronger, the one with true magic.

The only question is whether we're getting true magic or mere sleight of hand.

And by the survivors' tales, there was true magic in it.

But against true magic, the ring will protect you.

The galley on a ship like this held true magic.

I knew it had to be something simple, both the blankness and the problems with true magic.