Editing Nova Aquila (section)

==Appearance==
She has literal ivory skin and black hair, and useually wears a shimmering toga-like halter top that reveals her cleavage.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7">There were others.  Familiars Abraham Musser had stolen.  Not all.  Some might have gone back to their practitioners.  Avery didn’t see the raven-haired one who’d had the glittery toga-ish halter top. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2023/06/17 Excerpt] from [[Finish Off 24.8]]</ref> An astue observer will notice several things wrong with her.<ref>“Okay.  Middle of the group, black hair, pale skin.”<br><br>Lucy nodded. The woman was beautiful, wearing a top that sparkled like diamonds.<br><br>“She doesn’t sweat, her skin isn’t red even though she’s pale and standing in the summer sun.  Virtually anyone else with skin like that would burn in a matter of minutes.”<br><br>“Notice how she stands in the middle of the group.  Even as they wander and take in details, the others surround her, protecting her.”<br><br>“She’s vulnerable?”<br><br>“I think she’s more vulnerable than they are.  She moves with confidence.”  John’s voice was so much a whisper there was a hoarse quality to it.  “She doesn’t move as if she’s scared of being attacked. [...]  Her confidence comes with bearing a lot of power, even if she’s reluctant or unsure about using it.  I’d think they protect her so that even as the situation turns, she’ll be able to use that power.  Whatever it may look like.” <br>[...]<br>

 - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/08/14 Excerpt] from [[Summer Break 13.4]]</ref>

The right [[Sight]] can reveal her artificial nature.<ref>Lucy used her Sight.<br><br>“She has small knives in her.  The flesh around the wounds is cracked, not bleeding. [...] Manufactured, not natural?”<br><br>“Perhaps.”<br><br>The cracks were surrounded by dark stains.  To Lucy’s Sight, the woman was forced to bend over a bit because of the blades set between bones. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/08/14 Excerpt] from [[Summer Break 13.4]]</ref>