The thing about being a street kid is that old habits never left once you grew up.

For example: moving in circles makes it very easy to see when someone is tailing you. And hoo-boy, was this guy following her.

Carefully, very carefully, she let her magic reach - to see this new entity in her territory. Reading labels on cans and boxes, she tried to stifle the shudder that arose from using her power this way. Before, she would get dull pings but this...oh, this was something profound.

This stranger felt like wind and fresh air and freedom - nothing like the crowded heat of the city.

Interesting...