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That, and it has a reasonable area of affect. The only way someone is indoctrinated is through contact with the Reapers or their artifacts. That, and the whole brain thing pretty much gives you a general understanding on how it all works. Space magic on the other hand throws any sort of suspension of disbelief through the window of a skyscraper.