"It seems to be an intrinsic differentiation of the energy; there is no such thing as a neutral weave, so to speak. To use it, it must be in one of these forms, and they are all equally available from the... stream, I suppose. She spoke of it as a river."

"I find that deeply interesting, because thanergy has, as it were, only one form. It kills and decays, as it did your paper man. Yet with her assistance I have been able to explore, perhaps, different ways of thanergy."

"She calls her power also the Light of Creation, and although she has been uneasy about necromancy before, I believe we have come to understand one another; that life and death are both facets of Creation itself, and that all things must move from one state to another in their time."