DAVE
Federal Territory
The restraining order hits the supernatural world like a tectonic plate shifting beneath centuries of assumed stability. Amparro Salvador's voice cuts through the encrypted line at five AM, her Brazilian accent turning legal terminology into something that sounds like victory wrapped in silk. "Seventeen emergency motions filed overnight by council lawyers. Judge Ransom denied every single one while her coffee was still steaming. She attached a note to the last denial that just said 'Nice try.'"
Through the trailer's kitchen window, Bedford transforms itself from economic corpse into something breathing. Six months ago, empty storefronts lined Main Street like gaps in a boxer's smile, families fleeing toward opportunities that existed in other cities, other states,
