Suddenly, as you wait in the dark, you begin to feel somewhat
disoriented. The feeling passes, but something seems different.
As you regain your composure, the cloaked figure appears before you
and says, "You are now ready to face the ultimate challenge of
Zork. Should you wish to do this somewhat more quickly in the
future, you will be given a magic phrase which will at any time
transport you by magic to this point. To select the phrase, say
INCANT, <word>
and you will be told your own magic phrase to use by saying
INCANT, <phrase>
Good luck, and choose wisely!"
magic number n.
[Unix/C; common] 1. In source code
some non-obvious constant whose value is significant to the
operation of a program and that is inserted inconspicuously in-line
(hardcoded), rather than expanded in by a symbol set by a
commented #define....
