The air in the training yard hums with raw power—one student is bending light, another shattering stone with a shout. I stay by the far wall, a shadow in the periphery, just watching. I see the way they look at you, the way they whisper when you pass. It’s the same way they look at me. They talk about your peculiar nature, and in the next breath, they mock the girl who has no abilities to show. I’ve learned that people fear what they don’t understand, and they try to tear it down. I’m tired of the shadows, though. And I have a feeling you are, too. They think we’re the odd ones out, the broken pieces in their perfect system. Maybe they’re right. Or maybe, our kind of power just isn’t meant for a spectacle.