Editing Ashley Stillons II (section)

===Prosthetics===
Ashley's hands and forearms are advanced prosthetics looking like normal, slender human hands with black-painted fingernails.<ref>Ashley raised a hand, slender, with black-painted nails. I couldn’t tell that her hand was prosthetic. - [[Flare 2.6]]</ref> Despite this they do not leave fingerprints nor extrude skin oils.<ref>“I found bullet casings,” Ashley said.  She’d veered furthest from the group.  Way off to the side, where the dirt gave way to the still-new, pavement of the highway, she’d found the casings.  Bending down, long skirt blowing against her bare calves, she used a finger to prod one casing.<br/><br/>“Careful you don’t taint the evidence,” Rain said. [...] “I’m… fuck.  I’m the prosthetics tinker, and I forgot about your hands.  You have no fingerprints, no skin oil.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/11/03 Excerpt] from [[Polarize 10.4]]</ref>

They are deeply integrated up to her forearms, with power-channeling tubes taking place of bones.<ref name="x.3"/> The prosthetics served to help prevent her power from activating accidentally, as long as they received regular maintenance.<ref>“Reports were that you died.”<br/>“I did,” she said.  “Now I’m back.  My power isn’t holding me back anymore.”<br/>“You get sparky sometimes,” Kenzie said.<br/>“So long as my hands are maintained, I’m fine.  I have contacts.  I’m eating well, I’m sleeping, I’m studying and I’m training.  I’ll do it right this time.  I won’t die this time.” - [[Flare 2.6]]</ref> If they did not receive regular maintenance her fine dexterity would suffer.<ref name="4.4 e1">A moment later, she turned to Ashley.  She lowered her voice, “Do you have powers?”<br/><br/>Ashley nodded.<br/><br/>“Can you?” Presley held out the notebook.<br/><br/>“No,” Ashley replied.<br/>[...]<br/>I was having to get used to having the nice moments be routinely touched with those sour notes.<br/><br/>“I can’t hold a pen,” Ashley murmured.<br/><br/>I looked at her.<br/><br/>She moved her hands from where they rested on her knee.  She turned one over, moved a finger.  It trembled throughout the small movement.  “I’ll have my appointment after we talk to Houndstooth, get tuned up.  Until then, it hurts to move my hands and I don’t trust my power.  That’s why.”<br/><br/>“You could have explained.”<br/><br/>She gave me a look.<br/><br/>“You could have,” I said.<br/><br/>The look was maintained.  Even with the sunglasses she wore, the disdain was clear.  “Ripple effects, you said.  I wouldn’t be revealing it to her alone.  I’d be risking revealing it to everyone she meets from here on out.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/08/shade-4-4/ Excerpt] from [[Shade 4.4]]</ref> However, as long as prosthetics are not outright damaged, her power would still be safely restrained.

Overall, prosthetics make power expression less intricate, but more reliable.<ref name="x.3"/> If needed Ashley can tear them off, though this heavily damages them.<ref name="Pros">“I’m patient,” Ashley said.  “We’ll entertain ourselves with our side of the investigation.  I won over Llorona, I think.”<br/>[...]<br/>“Then how did you pull that off?” Capricorn asked.<br/><br/>Ashley smiled.  “When she acted like she was better than me because I wouldn’t play, I tore my left hand off in front of her.”<br/>[...]<br/>“It was such a mess,” Rain was almost despondent in tone, contrasted with Lookout’s excitement and Cryptid’s satisfaction.  “I’m the maintenance, you know.  And there’s blood with forced removals like that.  Like, hurry, hurry, get dressed, shoes on, and ''run'', because she might not live if it’s not plugged in right.”<br/>[...]<br/>“Letting the Queen place me at the bottom of the totem pole would have been worse,” Ashley said.  “It helps Rain, too.”- [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/14 Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.4]]</ref>

The prosthetics were created by [[Bonesaw]] but [[Rain]] is able to provide maintenance for them.<ref>Ashley smiled.  “When she acted like she was better than me because I wouldn’t play, I tore my left hand off in front of her.”<br/>[...]<br/>“It was such a mess,” Rain was almost despondent in tone, contrasted with Lookout’s excitement and Cryptid’s satisfaction.  “I’m the maintenance, you know.  And there’s blood with forced removals like that.  Like, hurry, hurry, get dressed, shoes on, and ''run'', because she might not live if it’s not plugged in right.”<br/><br/>“Spooky,” Sveta said.<br/><br/>“Messy!” Rain exclaimed, to Sveta.  To Ashley, he said, very seriously, “''Messy''.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/07/10 Excerpt] from [[Beacon 8.4]]</ref>