Eira had always possessed the irritating convenience of being able to exist in more than one place at once, although the ability was considerably less perfect than it sounded whenever real danger entered the equation.
She could leave copies of herself behind, each carrying enough of her presence and awareness to observe different locations simultaneously.
Those copies were built primarily for just watching, though they could still defend themselves, interfere when something went wrong and even confront weaker enemies if circumstances demanded it.
The problem appeared when too many copies existed at once.
