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Exactly. I think we actually “started” just by giving them coloring pages of cartoony fantasy creatures and characters and then making up stories about goblins and dragons on our morning walks, which in turn got them excited about their characters and miniatures and rolling dice
It’s not that they “no longer have the ability.” Most people have never been able to comprehend things on that time scale when it’s happening in real-time. It’s only after the fact that people are able to look back and see clear signs and the early groundwork being laid.