"If anything, it was more about balance. The Light solidified possibility, but too much Light constrains reality, just as too much Chaos leaves everything a mess and ready to fade away."

It could get awfully philosophical, in its own way. ... Which sounded a bit familiar, frankly.

"Without Bending - moreover, without Wakened, without the Cycle, there would be no anchored worlds. The Powers Themselves wouldn't exist."

She'd gone over parts of what she'd learned - of what Bobo had learned - a long while back, when they'd first arrived on the train, but Nita was fully aware that Nautilus' backstory was its own mess.