Maia.

I do not feel that it would be possible for

the dead to "catch" me, since I should be instantly and keenly watching for them, and much more eager to secure their presence than they could be to secure mine.

Chloris.

We do not know of what we speak, for it may very well be that the barbarians have some experience of these beings. Their influence may be not merely malign, but disgusting.

Maia.

How ignorant we are!

Chloris.

Surely, Persephone, you must be able to give us some idea of the dead. Were they not the sole occupants of your pale dominions?