“Etherealists are, in many ways, simply etheric engineers.” “Etheric engineers cannot call lightning, sir. Or fly.” “No?” Grimm asked. “But they can design etheric weaponry, such as gauntlets, long guns, and cannon, can they not? Can they not design an airship and send it aloft into the sky?” “True,” Bridget said. “But those are . . . they’re weapons and ships. Of course they do that. They design and build devices to a function. It’s what they do.” “My point is that an etherealist does the same sorts of things, miss. It’s just that he skips the troublesome part in the middle.”
