How could I?I'm as dead now as you are. Like you,I exist only here--a nexus between all phoenix hosts and our eteral flame.I'm bits and pieces .Inactive .The White hot room is the heart of the phoenix,and it is broken.
出谷又将白热室描述为“I have often thought it akin to Tiphareth,from the Kabbalah.” 这里明显对应了claremont之前把凤凰描述为生命树的心脏Tiphareth。 另外,在ewing的defenders beyond里,又一次提到了白热室是Tiphareth,也就是Kabbalah的第六质点。
将两本漫画联系起来讨论,defeners beyond中,明确提到了白热室中的pure phoenix,并且这里的pure phoenix还自称是“I am the room where the phoenix is made.”pure phoenix和白热室很明显并不简单。甚至pure phoenix可能是白热室本身(猜测)。 但无论二者关系如何,既然白热室已破碎,那么理论上pure phoenix也不能幸免于难。也就是说,这场变动,甚至连pure phoenix都可能被牵连了。
结尾的琴捧着凤凰说到“You know this isn't over. Not for them. Not for us. But what comes next--be it life or death--we force it together.” 故事尚未完结。对于他们,对于我们,都是如此。但无论接下来发生什么,或生或死,我们要一同面对。 从琴的话可以看出,接下来才是重头戏,并且是一场重大事件,她要和凤凰生死与共。这里的生死与共,除了文学的渲染以外,字面意思也能表达出,接下来的挑战,对于琴和凤凰,都可能是生死局。