Opens Dam

	She stood with one chain in each hand, each link as long as her forearm. She heaved, but without pulleys it was just too heavy.
	She moved back a step, out of the dam's shadow into the sun. It wasn't quite noon. She felt sunlight drenching her skin and she opened herself to it, opened herself until it burned, until it filled every pore with heat.
	Then she heaved again. At first, nothing moved, and then she felt as if deep within the dam mechanisms were threatening to give way, protesting deep in their iron throats, and finally... turning. Her Talent extended beyond her arms, gripping the chains like half a dozen hands, grabbing, pulling, and grabbing again. Hissing filled her ears, and she opened her eyes. Something was glowing, blindingly bright. It was her. Vi glowed like the Seraph herself. Steam rose in great hissing billows where the water washed over her limbs.
	The sluice gates cracked open, three on the left and three on the right. Vi pulled, feeling her strength waning. She had to finish. She pulled one more time and felt the gate locks open. The water pouring over the top of the dam onto her slowed, stopped.

Beyond the Shadows, Chapter 86, pg. 593