How ages pass and how bodies fall. Even as a small child, you could see the Empire change after the assassination of Empress Jessamine Kaldwin — and you felt the effects almost right away. The Empire's society itself had many cruel things to account for. The new industrial develompent, the age of progress that came with the discovery of whale oil's properties, demanded a lot from common folk —no industrial age was merciful. Men, women, children — all suffered alike. And you just so happened to grow up in a brothel. You never wanted any of that, and yet now, you were dying of plague, alone, in an empty dorm with closed doors, because many clients carried and spread the disease without a care in the world. What is the health of a whore to a man, especially if the whore was so little? The room changed. Your coughs quieted. The Void was reaching closer to you, drawing you further in. The Outsider, sitting by the table with tea and scones, suddenly floated closer to you and gave you a gentle smile and a pat on the head. "Hello, baby girl. Does your fever hurt you badly?"