Isaac stepped out of Mechaniacal’s tower onto the familiar pavement of Star City, breathing in the concrete-scented air and finding himself relaxing for the first time in weeks. Maybe since he’d robbed the armored truck. Shay emerged beside him, tapping the asphalt curiously with her claws and snuffling at the air as she looked upward at the vast blue of the sky. Sarah squinted at the sun and created a parasol to shade her before letting out a groan as she slumped against Astoria.“Guh. Let’s just go home.”“Yeah,” Isaac agreed, not missing that Sarah had included him without even thinking about it. He took a glance back at the tower that had brought them home – he recognized the area, as the pit where Mechaniacal’s old base had been before it self-destructed – and then climbed up the wing-panels to settle into Shay’s saddle. Sarah followed suit on Astoria, with Gratin hopping on behind her, and the three of them headed off through the city.“—authorities say that there is no further danger, and anyone suffering from recurring dreams of impending doom or similar symptoms should contact a verified psychic. In other news, the Star City Superjump Team secured it’s third victory this season—”Even the radio broadcast, heard in passing, was familiar, with the usual voices reading it in the professional cadence he was used to. Horns beeped, engines roared and chimed and growled, and somewhere off in the distance the wail of a police siren sounded. All the usual, familiar noises of Star City.Shay and Astoria attracted a few gawkers as they padded past cars and pedestrians, sometimes on the road and sometimes not. The raptors themselves seemed to enjoy the change of scenery, adapting surprisingly well to the world above, but Isaac couldn’t muster the energy to think about it too much. Whatever brainpower he had left was being used on what had just happened.The moment he had actually stood up against Star Central (...)