Eich's fundamental units were the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth, not molecules and atoms like my previous world. It was obvious that this world wasn't a scientific one.
But some things remained the same. Intelligent species liked to research the foundational nature and workings of the world—this was common to all intelligent species, no matter how different they were. If science on Earth could be called humanity's search for knowledge about Earth and nature, then magic was how mages searched for knowledge about Eich's workings and reason.
