"It feels like thalergy," she says. "But independent of a biological medium, and yes, a quality of warmth. Indeed, warmth is a quality of life that can radiate, as it were, from a body."

"I believe--I may be wrong--but I believe I had an affinity with Spirit. I changed it, yes, yet I did hold it, and of course spirit naturally transcends death."

"But converting all your weaves into Spirit is unhelpful. I am trying to conceptualize a way to flip it over into thanergy without losing that intrinsic quality of Fire. May I try again?"