For all of the insistence and pestering that had been bombarding my personal devices, once I sent the message to Tak things moved slower than I expected. Much slower.

One could work with any number of theories as to why the city of New York was misbehaving. Sure, I had my prevailing theory as already stated, but I still had to give some credence and consideration to the others running amok out there that you could stumble into out there.

Centuries ago, when anyone said “the city is in mourning” they meant that the city’s population, not the actual city itself, was in a state of grief so profound it affected every denizen…