"Song of the Sirens," said Jong, croaking out the words and looking the palest I'd ever seen him, "like those Sirens? Who lured sailors to their doom?"
"Like that and worse," said Jue Zhu, "according to the Will of Ox, it is the most potent mind-control technique ever devised. Those who hear it become devoted to the one who plays it, but they are no mere mindless or enraptured pawns. The Song twists those who hear it, their minds and their very personalities, remakes them such that someone affected by the Song is indistinguishable from someone like Shokoya, who follows the Champion of Cat of his own will. "
