"Look at the likes of a human, and look at the likes of a goblin – are they so different?" Pandora asked. "Does it surprise you, then, that a mixing of the dead and the living could create a monster like a goblin? And what did your Water Sprites require, mm?"
"Water…" Vol replied, uncertainly.
"Indeed," she said. "It is not all so vague and insurmountable. There is logic to it. All objects in existence share properties. Properties have a habit of finding a home together. Wolves sleep with wolves, humans build cities with humans, water gathers with water. These are the lines among which things conjoin most easily. Extend them, and make the world itself kneel."