1000. And so these spirits are the kind who in their lifetime had liked to search out the yearnings and thoughts of others. So they turn themselves into different shapes like Vertumni, agreeing with everything, but with the purpose of knowing the other's thoughts. There are many who burn with that desire, yet not with the goal or purpose of getting something out of it, but simply of knowing. So these agree with the characteristic nature of that liquid component, wanting [to go] inwards so as to know the deeper aspects of the person. This is reflected in the fact that they also try to make their way inside, thus to the essences of the blood; but they cannot do this [999 1/2].