"I see," she says, paying attention with the sort of unblinking, intent focus that comes of a lifetime of spending her days with books and bones. "Yes, that makes sense. The thanergy for a necromantic adept's workings, generally speaking, cannot be from themselves, for obvious reasons."

She gestures to the window, the always-recurring death outside. "In our home system, we draw thanergy directly from the planets which host the Houses. Outside Dominicus, in thalergetic systems, necromancers rely on active deaths to bolster their thanergy reserves."