The change in S"aven hit Rachel in cold shivers as she made her way through town. Her powers made her invisible to those around her but not immune to the degeneration of her former home. S"aven had always been a dark place. A town built on misfortune had no option to be anything else, but this time things were different. She could feel the suffering in the brickwork, the pain rising from the cracked tarmac. S"aven was dying. And despite all this place had done to her, had taken from her, she found she was sorry to see it this way.
Her boots crunched against the shattered glass glittering on the pavement like fresh snow. The shops lining the street were boarded up or kicked in, selling only dust from their ransacked shelves. She twisted her fingers as she walked, hunting for any tormented
