I see death and life as a wheel, [ Matt says quietly. ] I didn't make that up--I got it from some of the religious traditions where I come from, really old ones. So in terms of a generative force that comes out of decay ... my impression is we draw the lines somewhat arbitrarily, as limited creatures. Categorizing ones. [ A faint, quirking smile Set's way. ] "We" being mortals, in this case.

But fundamentally, I'm ... honestly not sure it's worth debating who's right at this point? If one side is "right." I mean, that's what I want to try using these forces for. For some kind of ... something that could be the antidote to these shadows, maybe. [ Some of Matt's previous remarks have given the impression of processing while he speaks. Now he's in the thick of it, barely bothering to self-censor. ] Unless Meridian's energy has been uniquely good for combating them, compared to Zenith's?