How about this to reassure you then. I come from a world without magic, so the term is usually used to describe things that don't follow rational sets of rules like physics or chemistry do. After spending close to a year here myself, I don't think that's entirely true- and the Malnosso's apparent interest in studying Shifting are confirmation. Everything has to follow some set of rules, even the force that brings us here. We just need to figure them out.