[Ives makes himself comfortable on his bar stool, which is over-sized to accommodate large creatures like himself. The ceiling is luckily quite high at the bar area.]

Evolution is a word for it. Humans are prone to meddling in powers they do not understand and cannot control. Each split from the root was caused by magic. And magic is prone to solving as many problems as it causes.

[One of Ives' ear flickers and he thinks, for some reason, to ask]

You are not allergic to peanuts, right?