By noon, Paige's side effects finally wore off.

She no longer wore her wedding dress. Instead, she changed into proper winter clothes Ray had retrieved from his otherworldly storage space. She also finally understood where that steaming bowl of noodles had come from. She was both shocked and impressed.

"This ability of yours… in the apocalypse, it's absolutely the most practical," she said.

Practical? It was more than that. Offensive, defensive, versatile—Ray's ability had almost no weaknesse