Editing Nailbiter (section)

==Abilities and Powers==
Her cape name is extremely literal, having rusty nails for teeth,<ref>[[Shadow 5.2]]</ref> yet it is also misleading. Her power is to extend any part of her body into a dangerous implement.<ref name=5.3e4>I turned to look the other way, and saw Love Lost with one clawed hand resting on a crouching Nailbiter’s fingers, guiding them.  Nailbiter had both hands together, fingers pointed at me, and the fingers were extended out.<br/><br/>Enhanced strength, and the ability to extend any part of her body, making that part rigid and thinner.<br/><br/>She moved her hand, and two fingers pressed me against a wall, needle thin bars against my throat and thighs. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/03/shadow-5-3/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.3]]</ref> Usually, this means her arms and legs but it also means her torso, fingers, and toes, or any other body parts can be stretched to fine, barely visible points, while at the same time being durable, maintaining rigidity and joint mobility.<ref name=5.3e3>I started forward as Nailbiter reached out.  Her arm extended, long, thin, and rigid, fingers doing the same as they became points so fine and far away I couldn’t even make them out.  Spright kicked out and brought an arm up to deflect the piercing fingers with the armor there.  He landed on the roof, and an intervening building meant I couldn’t see where he went from there. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/03/shadow-5-3/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.3]]</ref> She can even weaponize her tongue.<ref name=5.3e5>Her mouth opened.  I didn’t see her do anything, but I threw up my shield all the same, the moment I felt it was ready.  I pushed out, hard, and the wretch did the same, gripping and pushing the finger bars that had trapped me.  A foot from my face, her tongue struck hard against an invisible surface.  It would have gone right through me if it had connected.- [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/03/shadow-5-3/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.3]]</ref>

She can expand her face to something more like a crocodile so that she can bite people.<ref name=5.3e1/> This interferes with her ability to speak, to do so she needs to pull her face back into a more human shape.<ref name=5.3e77>Nailbiter pulled her face back together, the features drawing shorter.<br/><br/>“You aren’t Cedar Point.” There was a whistling ‘s’ sound on Cedar. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/03/shadow-5-3/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.3]]</ref>

It also gives her a certain amount of strength and speed, though this seems to only apply in her Changer form,<ref name=5.3e4/> able to cover a good distance with her stride.<ref name=5.3e1>Love Lost had joined the chase, running alongside Nailbiter, who had extended her limbs.  They made a racket as they ran.  Love Lost’s claws scraped the road and kicked up sparks, and she was faster than an ordinary person.<br/><br/>Nailbiter, though, had extended her limbs, but they got narrower as they grew longer, and had become black and gnarled in the process.  Her jaw hung low, the joints on either side extended, her jawbone  made longer and narrower, and the teeth extended further.<br/><br/>She looked like something half-crocodile, half-scarecrow.<br/><br/>She had no problem with mobility or strength, apparently, as she took strides that were fifteen feet long. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/03/shadow-5-3/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.3]]</ref> She is also able to use her ability to enter through tight spaces.<ref>Love Lost, Colt, and Nailbiter stepped outside, Nailbiter distorting into her narrow form to stab the upper half of her body into the backseat before the seat was even moved forward to let people back there.  Her lower body was withdrawn in, narrowing and disappearing into the space.  Colt climbed in normally, before pulling the seat back to its normal position to let Love Lost in. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/11/13 Excerpt] from [[Polarize 10.7]]</ref>

Although durable, her stretched parts can be damaged, and transfer damage once returned to normal.<ref>She withdrew a hand, elongated upper arm, forearm, hand and fingers becoming normal, but for some horrendous bruising and tissue damage around the wrist. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/02/02/blinding-11-11/ Excerpt] from [[Blinding 11.11]]</ref>