Shadows stretch their first delicate tendrils out once they see that others they have infected begin to stretch towards you. They burn at first because of the light your soul emits but then as others close in, crushing around you, your light begins to dim. Then they use the masses around you to consume the spark within you until you are grey.
When you are grey is when you are weak and more powerful than you will ever be. The shadows know this and they wait to see, for they cannot do more than reach through others. You must make the final move to become part of them.
She sits in a public place with the music beating through her soul and wonders what God hears when he listens the heartbeats of seven billion people. As the ultimate musician he must hear something incredible. But then she and God aren't really on the best of terms.
The stars begin to come out as she sits and again her thoughts turn to music. Their music must be something to hear. Then she closes her eyes and everything becomes one great wash of sound flowing through her mind.
A shadow breaks the torrent.