"Mounting," Trey said in a low voice, "is a form of possession the loa use. Normally they mount the houngans themselves, or the serviteurs—the mundane followers of voudoun—and manifest themselves on the physical plane." Trey’s words reminded Skater that the mage could assense the astral world as well. If he saw a giant snake in the smoke, he had to wonder what Trey could see in the astral. There was no time to ask, and he promptly forgot about it when Norris Caber’s corpse suddenly jerked to motion inside the crate.