ALEX This is from [geo]: In previous seasons it has appeared that the only people who had supernatural encounters have been the ones giving statements to The Magnus Institute. JONNY [BACKGROUND] Right. ALEX [CONT.] But in season four we heard about The Archivist getting statements from essentially random people on the street. Approximately what percentage of people in the Magnus-verse have had an encounter with one of the entities? JONNY Well, I mean, they’re random people on the street, but they’re random people on the street who’ve had encounters with the entities. Uh, it’s- it’s not the case that everyone who’s had an encounter with the entities has gone to The Magnus Institute. I mean, I haven’t really thought about it, but if I was going to just guess a number I’d say maybe… five to ten percent of the people in the Magnus world who’ve had an encounter with the entities have ended up reporting it to The Magnus Institute or, uh, one of the other, uh, organizations. ALEX And… running the numbers in my head on the fly in order for this universe to make any sense the percentage of the general population that has been exposed to the genuinely supernatural must be less than about one percent? JONNY I’d say probably everyone has brushed up against them. ALEX (surprised) Really? JONNY Just- just in- in the sense of like- I mean, everyone has that thing that they’re like, “Someone? Is there someone…? No. OK, I’m fine.” Uh… ALEX [OVERLAPPING] But it must be less than one percent of the (i don’t know what alex said here) in every way? JONNY Maybe, yeah, maybe like 10 to 15 percent have had like… ALEX [OVERLAPPING] A spook. JONNY [OVERLAPPING, CONT.] A spook of what you might just think of, like a slightly ghostly encounter that is not significant enough to delve into… ALEX Didn’t really go anywhere. JONNY Yeah, and maybe- maybe point one (.1) percent have had a legitimate… ALEX Yeah. JONNY Like it’s a small enough number that it’s not the- they’re not going to speak up to anyone who’s not like: “Hey, (archivist voice, ominous) tell me your story.” ALEX Alex-narratologist here, I recommend anyone interested in that reading up on the technique of writing known as the “Masquerade.” It’s a trope or conceit. The idea being there’s the world behind the world but there’s quite a lot of writing on how many people within your world are allowed to see behind that curtain before your world breaks?

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