# Chapter 29: Reina — Summary, Analysis, and Key Takeaways

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Summary

The chapter opens with Reina reflecting on the study of thought and consciousness. She notes that the subject matter is not entirely uninteresting, but she is pleased to move on. Reina observes that the breaks in subject matter feel directed by invisible currents, as if the group is being guided toward material they have not yet fully absorbed. Having been raised with Eastern philosophies, Reina is more comfortable than her peers with the concept of dualities—the idea that acknowledging life means accepting death, that knowledge necessitates ignorance, and that gain implies loss.

Dalton, filling in for the increasingly absent Atlas, begins a lecture on luck. He defines luck as a matter of probability—chance with a loaded die, the lean of likelihood toward a favorable event. He notes that luck is a common magic, even among the lowest rungs of witches. Libby is bewildered by the term