He realized that the jewel was once again working its strange magic.

It's just strange magic we have, that's not like most people's.

What kind of strange magic did you work back there?

Or was it that he had brought some strange magic into their colorless, empty lives?

For a moment he expected strange and mysterious magic to burst forth.

A wizard from beyond the World, bringing with him strange and powerful magic.

He tried to pull away, but could not, held firmly by the strange magic.

Somehow they would all use this strange magic to escape!

I'm sure you know the strange, special magic of high places.

A place from another age where some strange magic had once been done.