In order to survive, the cloud lived on the energy it converted of the matter it consumed. This process involved began with the use of strings, that were composed of a combination of koinoenergy (almost ambiplasma) that had an unusually high attractive force to gather matter. It then used blobs of highly charged gaseous antimatter, in much the same way the humanoid body uses macromorphase enzymes, to break down the matter it engulfed in order to consume it.