Bierce's works often highlight the inscrutability of the universe and the absurdity of death. The inscrutability of reference is also used in the sorites paradox. Quine calls this the inscrutability of reference. The Etruscans accepted the inscrutability of their gods' wills. Meanwhile at work she meets Justin, a Scotsman whose inscrutability Jenny finds mysteriously attractive. This inscrutability may be interpreted positively or negatively.