"Well, of course they would work," Zelos shrugs, grabbing onto the conversation Sheena's thrown his way immediately. "Ether is the foundation of our world; it is everywhere, and in everyone. Deprive a person--or blade--of ether for long enough and you'd certainly kill them. Same with the environment."

That's a bit of a morose subject to be dwelling on, actually. Hm. Okay, then. Though the sun is finally gone, the sky flashes red again anyway in the horizon, a little light pulse from far away. That gives the Aegis pause for a second; is Zelos really that anxious? He's pretty sure he's not, but sometimes the dream world has a nasty habit of airing one's secrets that they do not want out there regardless of anything. Trying to put that aside as if it didn't happen, Zelos goes back to the conversation at hand, seguing into it as he plays with a thick lock of his own hair.

He looks up at the stars instead, over at the Zohar Cluster, the one Lloyd called by another name so long ago. "Lloyd mentioned that once, the whole summon spirit spiel. He said they were elemental beings." Zelos tilts his head, watches the cluster flash red again, a titillating light that starts pulsing, his head hurting with each pulse. He bites a groan. What is going on? "He even mentioned another... Ah, something about... Origin...?"

Zelos watches the cluster as it continues to flash red, faster and faster each time. Mesmerized, as static begins to consume his ears.