shadow play

Some of them prefer to keep a handful of earth of their power. They find such a state of mind as most proper to be.
As they told, your home walls and the earth of your origins makes you to remember who you are and your way as it is.

Some of us never forget that Abyss is our origin. We can go there and find much more than anyone else (if stays alive).
Some of us just take out a handful of it and hold it inside their heart.
So they might just touch it if they need so, instead of go down. This is not very hard for skilled one.
And do remember.