“Yes, it is true. A man with a swift and brilliant horse is like a Djinn. He can fly across the world like the wind. And his other half is noble, powerful, and steadfast. But a man with a small insect from the jungles of Africa, though even he be broken and caged, is like a god. For he can traverse time and space in an instant, and learn the secrets held fast in the fist of time since before the before. Such a man has a mount whose nature is impossible. And together, what they become is so much more than horse and rider. They warp time, identity, and place. Together, they are a god. And if either should perish in the quest, the other will become heaven.”

— an anonymous informant