But ether isn’t bad or good. It’s simply power of a different kind, one not governed by the stars but made up of all the energy of the world itself. It’s the lifeforce which sustains us, it’s ancient and endless, not interested in the fates of simple creatures like us. The stars interfere with our destinies because they can only touch the world through us but ether is the world itself. We are no more important to it than a flea or the droppings of a dormouse.”
