Near the bone gate
"Ya can't. Well, maybe. Okay, is like this... T'e gods, as I ken it, are of this world, or made this world, or are this world, ya know whatever t'e religion preaches, an t'ey all preach different shit, no offense Nodwin, but t'e elder things? T'e Jaehossi Uēpossi, t'ey from outside t'e world. Beyond. Eh... so t'ey get weird. Not like 'demon talkin backwards' weird, or Ludlow's spell weird, but like people turnin inside out an still livin just fine weird. Like magic stuff happenin without any magic bein used weird. Does that make sense? Probably not."
Jareth rubs his forehead, takes a hit from the flask and stows it. "Most people ain't able to tell t'e difference between t'e gods an outside powers, or demons or angels an outside powers. But t'ey is a difference an it can be profound, like 'an we can't kill this thing' type of serious. But mostly the difference is motivation. Evil gods an demons bring harm cause t'ey are evil an doing evil is what t'ey do. Right? But t'e elder powers... t'ey ain't got t'e same motivation. T'e do shit an it can be good or bad for us, an t'ey ain't likely to even notice. Like whatever happens here is a side effect of whatever t'ey doing. Well, hang that, except for t'e ones that is tryin to break in an wreck shit here cause t'ey are hungry or something. Or want to make everything in flowers, or whatever."
He looks as if he's about to haul out the flask again, but doesn't.
"Basically t'e outer things is crazy pants as far as we concerned. For your level of needin to figure it out? Just treat 'em like gods, give 'em deference or disgust or distance as needed an not worry about it. Worryin too much leads to madness an excessive drinkin."