#spoiler For a world without magic all huemen take all the strange phenomena very casually. Magic portals and aberrant flesh-eating vines? The normalest thing in the world. Talking dogs? Every cartoon has them! Normal. Knowing the existence of magic for the first time? Exploit it as it was just a normal tool without knowing the consequences! I guess you can't expect anything other than that when the huemen make archery, rollerscates, motocross, and chemestry experiments as part of a competition.