MAGIC WORDS Thus, if you try to grab her, you will find yourself clinging to empty air, since she would have expected the blow to come before you made a move, and would be long gone before you started to go after her. She is also very good at using an oppo nent's force against him, so taking a swing at her, or shooting something at her, more often than not ends up coming right back at you. Finally, as Dove she has a perfect eidetic memory, forgets nothing, and notes all sorts of details the average person would miss. In her words (regular series, issue #1), she is the "ultimate strategist." To quote Barbara and Karl Kesel, Dove's creators, from issue #15 (regular series): "As the boulder flies toward Dove, she notes everything about it -- its size, mass, slow rotation. She correctly identifies all ,427 of its weak points. She calculates more than 10,000 possible reactions, and settles on one. Her timing is flawless."8 Every time a magician speaks a magic word like dove and performs a light ning-fast feat of prestidigitation, one could say he taps into a "Primal Source of Order" as the character Dawn Granger does. Dreams Begin There is a song sleeping in all things that dream on and on, and the world begins to sing if you only find the magic word. -- Joseph von Eichendorff, "Schöne Fremde" (18 4)9 Mystique: "The chief spoke in a low, pleasant tone. 'Dreams begin.' With two words of magic he completely captured the attention of my mind. Instantly all barriers between us melted away. The mere glance of an eye or slightest change of expression on the old man's face carried his full meaning." 10 Drizzle Drazzle Droozzle Drome Facts: These magic words are featured in the cartoon series "King Leonardo" (1960): "Drizzle Drazzle Droozzle Drome, time for this one to come home!" 8 Steven Viscido, "Dove!" (2005) 9 Translation from Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Notes to Literature (1991) 10 F. Bruce Lamb, Kidnapped in the Amazon Jungle (1994)