"Actually," she says, leaning forward and dropping her voice as if imparting a trade secret, "I always believed there was another place, somewhere beyond the River, and that the ghosts trapped in the River are always trying to cross it to get there. And I have to say, now that I'm dead, I believe it more strongly than ever."

Sitting back, she sips at her tea, and nods. "I have no basis of comparison, of course, but my guess is that it would be quite difficult for someone outside the demesne of Dominicus and the Post-Resurrection state of our worlds to utilize thanergy in exactly the same way a necromancer of the Nine Houses might. Not to say it couldn't be done, of course...and if there were any place where it might be possible, I must say I think it would be this one."