“Ruin and Preservation,” Marasi whispered. “Atium and lerasium.” “I think that’s the reason harmonium is so unstable,” Wax explained. “Harmony has trouble acting, right? He’s mentioned it before: his two aspects work against one another, leaving him indecisive, impotent.” “He’s merely in equilibrium,” VenDell said. “Equal parts the need to protect and the need to let things decay.”
