"When the Esper Guild uses the Mass Cathexis Measure, every Esper opens his psyche, so to speak, and contributes his latent energy to a pool. One Esper alone taps this pool and becomes the canal for the latent energy. He capitalizes it and puts it to work. He can accomplish tremendous things ... if he can control it. It’s a difficult and dangerous operation. About on a par with jetting to the moon with a stick of dynamite stuck—er—riding on dynamite sticks ..."