[VOLUME 11: THE ETERNAL CHASE][LIFE: #48][LOCATION: SECTOR 0 (THE GLITCH DISTRICT)]
The compass was a plastic button.
Elara Vance stood under a flickering streetlight on 12th Avenue. It was midnight. The rain had stopped, leaving the city slick and reflecting neon signs like a watercolor painting left out in a storm.
She held the Ignis Button flat on her palm.
"Okay," Elara whispered. "You spun on the table. You felt warm at the Gala. Show me where he is."
The button didn't move.
"Please," Elara closed her eyes. She pictured the steering wheel. She pictured the man in the sunglasses holding up the sky. "Find Kaelen."
The button twitched.
It didn't spin this time. It dragged itself across her palm, fighting friction and gravity, pointing like a magnet toward the east.
Toward the Industrial Zone.
"East," Elara muttered, closing her hand around it. "Of course. It's always the creepy part of town."
She pulled up her hood and started walking.
The Shadows
