Editing Lis (section)

== Appearance and Abilities==
She is able to copy a group of people and become someone based on the average of that group, she can further refine who she becomes by selecting certain sub groups such as everyone in this room or all men in this area.<ref name=":0" /> Doing this enables her to pick up peoples sentiment and can use it to detect potential trouble,<ref>she can pick up sentiment so if someone comes looking for trouble and they are a part of a group she is mimicking & averaging out then she can feel that little desire for trouble & narrow down the sources by sorting through the groups she absorbs. [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/02/04/new-other-correspondence-2/ Except] from New Other Correspondance #2</ref> she also copies some aspects of their personality. She retains her knowledge and continuity of identity throughout these transformations.

If she's desperate she can copy a group of people that aren't close to her<ref>Lis pulled the same trick as earlier.  She chose another body, not using people nearby.<br><br>Muscular, tall, a woman, like some lanky athlete, picked from the cream of Kennet’s crop. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/06/12 Excerpt] from [[Dash to Pieces 11.13]]</ref> but doing so is exhausting.<ref> - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/06/15 Excerpt] from [[Dash to Pieces 11.z]]</ref>

If she copies a group of [[practitioner]] she can use a combination of their arts and abilities.<ref>A spell card.<br><br>The bracelets ticked over.<br><br>“Across the street, corner.”<br><br>They looked simultaneously.<br><br>She was there.  Lis, wearing a mask that wasn’t a cat or a fox, but something between them, missing a good third of it, so one eye and ear were missing.  Her skin was a deep tan-brown, her hair in dark wavy locks that framed her face, a short bun at the back.<br><br>“Coyote Lis,” Lucy whispered.  “She can practice while she’s us.”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/06/12 Excerpt] from [[Dash to Pieces 11.13]]</ref>

So long as there's a group of awake people around she can replicate the wakefulness and obviate the need for sleep.<ref>"And you don't sleep?" Verona asked.<br><br>"Not as long as I make myself part of a group of awake people. The pickings can get pretty slim, though. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/02/09 Excerpt] from [[Shaking Hands 9.1]]</ref>

===Evolution===
Becoming a city spirit has vastly expanded her capabilities.<ref>  - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/12/28 Excerpt] from [[Left in the Dust 16.5]]</ref> She should have all abilities of Ken and damage to her damages Kennet.

She can rearrange and shift the structures of Kennet,<ref>Fences and gates protecting nearby properties began to move.  The dog barking intensified.<br><br>“Careful!”<br><br>“Got a mind like an alchemist’s workbench, stuff on the back burner…”<br><br>“Focus, god, please, Verona.”<br><br>Dogs were let out of yards as fences ceased to enclose those yards.  One was leashed to a clothesline but the clothesline was attached to the house, and the place it was attached to was moving along the siding, no cut or furrow left behind it, just a huge metal hook with a wheel attached to it.  It stopped short of actually reaching them, barking and choking as it pulled the line taut.  They hurried to the left.<br><br>But another dog was pacing forward, growling, hackles up, stopping halfway across its lawn.<br><br>''It’s like that retro game Declan played with Declan and Declan,'' Avery thought.  ''Badass Mormon or something.  Going door to door while dodging dogs, manhole covers, paperboys chucking papers at your head…''<br><br>''It’s like a path.''<br><br>She grabbed Lucy and Verona’s hands, pulling.<br><br>''There are rules''.<br><br>The dog on the lawn lunged forward.  Verona awkwardly grabbed at a spell card, using left hand to reach into her right-side pocket.<br><br>“Don’t.  Shouldn’t need-” Avery started.<br><br>The dog stopped on the edge of the lawn, howl-barking.<br><br>On their right side, a dog that was chained to a stake in the earth lunged forward.  The stake it was chained to moved along the lawn, same as the clothesline pulley had, with no furrow or anything.  It stepped out onto the road, out ahead of them.<br><br>Lucy was closest, and Avery steered Lucy away, watching, watching-<br><br>The stake stopped moving.<br><br>''Go''.<br><br>She pushed back against Lucy, putting Lucy on a forward path.<br><br>If Lis was the driving force behind this, then Lis had made promises not to hurt them. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/09/26/summer-break-13-13/ Excerpt] from Summer Break 13.13</ref> and can now cut the power and internet to certain parts of kennet.<ref>He was buying time for the program to finish compiling.  Lis reached out into the nerves of the town, then, simultaneous with standing up, cut the power and internet. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/05/21/wild-abandon-18-y/ Excerpt] from Wild Abandon 18.y</ref> Conceivably if a place has a connection to Kennet she can facilitate travel there.<ref>“We’ve got family here.  I don’t think they’d budge.”<br><br>“Lis.  The city spirit,” Louise said.<br><br>“There’s a thought,” Yiyun said.  “Reaching out, maybe a move to another location?  She can link to places tied to Kennet, can’t she?” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2023/03/14 Excerpt] from [[Go for the Throat 23.8]]</ref>