Tarin stared out the window. Life had been disturbed by the news of Spiked, but everything was fine. If the Spiked got everyone, she would be OK. Well... she would be dead, but that's OK. Tarin was an orphan, mother died in childbirth and father died in a fall. She was new to the village, relocating after her uncle vanished. Some suspicion would obviously fall her way, but it was OK. She was a Sparker, so she could enhance her thinking speed, but that wouldn't help her live through this. Oh well. What did it matter?
(If you haven't caught on by now, Tarin is kind of apathetic.)