"Sort of. Sometimes," Remus allowed. "It’s actually a bit of a myth that the exact proportions of the golden ratio show up everywhere. But they do show up sometimes, and so do countless other beautiful patterns and numerical sequences, all throughout the natural world, hidden in plain sight. Numbers are both reliable and mysterious, just like nature itself. And there’s always some new mystery to unravel. It’s spectacular. People think there’s no way that mathematicians or scientists could ever believe in the supernatural or the divine. But if you look hard enough and deep enough, magic always just shows up. It smacks you in the face. It’s everywhere. You just have to be willing to see it."