Editing Damsel of Distress (section)

===[[Manton Effect]]===
Thanks to the safeguards inherent in shards, Ashley is protected against her own power. However, it still has an effect on her hair; using her power for the first time turned her hair white,<ref name="x.1 e5">They would be frustrated, realizing that for all their vast resources, they had been trumped by a sixteen year old girl. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/26/eclipse-x-1/ Excerpt] from [[Eclipse x.1]]</ref> and repeated uses will remove hair dyes.<ref name="x.2 e3">She used her power, aiming at her own body.  The shirt, still in her hand, was destroyed in the curls and waves of energy.  As her power bucked and kicked, hurling her arm one way and the other, she was jerked into the sink.  She didn’t have much padding, so the impact was sharp.She hid the pain, which wasn’t hard, because she she was caught up in the moment.  Her power washed over her body, destroying everything that wasn’t her.  Sweat, dirt, lint, dust.<br/><br/>It washed over her face and her head, and she thought and saw ''white''.<br/><br/>The hair that fell across her face was no longer dyed.  The hair had been preserved, and the dye hadn’t. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/27/eclipse-x-2/ Excerpt] from [[Eclipse x.2]]</ref><ref name="II4.6 e1">“Dye it?” Sveta asked.<br/><br/>“Doesn’t work,” Ashley said.  “I have natural silver-blonde hair, but I use my power-”<br/><br/>She put her hand to the side of her head and used her power.  I stepped back, stumbled into Sveta, then reached out to help her catch her balance.<br/><br/>Ashley’s hair settled back into place.  Her pupils took a long few seconds to reappear.<br/>[...]<br/>“My eyes and hair lose their color,” Ashley said, in a non-sequitur for Tristan.<br/><br/>“You’d lose the dye,” I said.  “Probably.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/17/shade-4-6/ Excerpt] from [[Shade 4.6]]</ref>In this way, it can also be used as an impromptu hair-cleansing method.<ref name="x.2 e3"/>