Waves in the crowd

[Elias Donovan]

Elias led Asha slowly through the crowd. He contemplated a more forceful bulldozer of power sweeping people from the path, but it would likely make the trek worse in the long run. All of downtown was painfully congested. It was going to take hours to escape. "I'll take you home,"
he told Asha. "Are you still staying at that one girl's?"
He couldn't remember her name, but he recalled the sword. And the crazy.