“Titans are a kind of living adamant. Instead of bone, they have pure diamond; instead of blood, transparent ichor; and instead of a heart, a blazing star. Outwardly, titans look like very tall people, but they have less in common with humans than stick-insects do. Some mortal people consider titans to be like earthly gods. This is not true. Others consider titans to be like raging elements, kin of the who-kins. This is also not true. Titans are the very will of the universe made visible. And the universe is not uniform and wants all sorts of different things…”