" The terranaut and the Priest of Hands were aspects of himself, his inner younger self. He yearned to embrace them, not for any carnal gratification, but simply to become one with the parts of his character which he felt had become lost or estranged. Ays and Finnigin walked bravely into the unknown; he himself cowered behind city walls, afraid of the land beyond. He was fond of his creations, and felt jealous of them. He knew it would be difficult to equip them with lovers, and realised it was no accident that the two women he had invented were based on a dour, distant spinster, and a wild animal. "

― Storm Constantine , Calenture