Imagine your body replaced by dust and vapor, and having a tingly feeling in your stomach without even having a stomach. Imagine having to concentrate just to keep yourself from dispersing into nothing. I got so angry, a flash of lightning crackled inside me. Don't be that way, Amos chuckled. It's only for a few minutes.

The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid (ed. Hyperion, 2010)