"Won't you sit down?" Holmes waves a hand at the chairs. He pulls one out for himself, frowning thoughtfully. "I don't think he would have called it magic," he begins cautiously. "But there is no doubt that some of the things he did could be thought of that way. Transformations yes and of certain things, but not necessarily cells." His frown deepens. "But chimeras? Somehow I don't think so. But I am hardly an expert on his works."