"Well, I...well, um, a land-spirit - an Aetherial Being, I guess would be what you would call him here...well, I belong to him, in a sense. I rule over the land for him." While Kostya explained this to Nene, he looked away from the Pyre and at the ground, ashamed.

"So, someone...decided that spirit meant one thing and not another?" Kostya frowned. No one person decided these kinds of things where he came from. Most of his magical knowledge came from the people he knew personally and the record books of his ancestors, with a few books from other sources.