Thread:ShamelessNitpicker/@comment-3581997-20161025073324/@comment-30053419-20161025103010

Here's the thing, though: we actually see the suppression power in action - though not as inoculation. Abdel Daoud uses a gas to disable the player's powers, while Lidiya uses a handheld device to temporarily short out the player's magic. Plus, think about it: apart from magic, the Bee-imbued agents' biggest strength is their ability to come back from the dead, hence why you've got to keep them alive if you don't want them to start slipping through your fingers, or else have a facility that their Anima form can't escape. I'm pretty sure Beaumont isn't a Bee and thus doesn't have this advantage, so no need to stick him in the hive.

Plus, there are many different forms of magic in this setting: the players gained their power by being symbiotically bonded to one of the Bees; characters like Ami Dexter were born with magic as a genetic trait; Hayden Montag started practising magic after reading about it in ancient tomes, so it's possible to learn thaumaturgy - though some find it easier than others, as John Wolf notes; the Illuminati can also manipulate Anima through machines like the WAND; and group throughout the setting can control magic through complex rituals... and then of course, there's Third Age tech, which incorporates Anima into clockwork and the like, making it essentially Magitek. Whether you attribute Loki's powers to tech, to magic or a little bit of both, I think the reason why he said "you reek of primitive magics" is because of Wabanaki elixir you were given prior to the boss battle. So he's being more than just an elitist: he's being a racist prick.