Editing Genius The Transgression/Chapter One: The Cosmos (section)

===Collaboration:===

A Klagen can provide grounding and stability for a collaborative. This isn't to say that the Klagen's job is always to say, "I don't think that's a very good idea," but once a room has three or more mad scientists in it, there are a lot of bad ideas that get thrown around. Someone whose sorrow grounds her Mania can be invaluable in preventing horrible ideas from turning into horrible misadventures. Klagens are also the most adept of any catalyst at analyzing the perspective of individual humans. Where a Hoffnung can focus on society, a Klagen can study the behavior of people in all their ugly uniqueness, giving a collaborative alienated 
from humanity a glimpse into the soul of the sane world. A collaborative, by contrast, keeps a Klagen active. Too many Klagens sink into despair and inactivity, drowning in regret or paralyzed by dreadful apocalyptic fantasies; a dynamic, energized collaborative can give a sorrowing genius purpose, direction, and motivation.