"That is unfair," said Filidor. Gavne shrugged. "Things are as they are. If you quest after justice, young women are the wrong continent to explore. … - Matt Hughes

In any case”—he gestured at the car—“this vehicle has achieved a state of permanent inanimation.

"Then how is it done?"
"By magic, I suppose. How else?"
"That is a foolish and flippant answer," he said. "'Oh, it's magic,' is not a handy solution to every mystery. I am not the child."

"Isn't it obvious?" he answered.
"No. It is so far from obvious that it has gone right through obscure, breezed past unfathomable and is now completely beyond the reach of my vocabulary."