i was tagged by @somethingclevermahogony twice, so I guess I'll put two lines here.
"Alia read the address by the light of her lantern once, twice, three times to ensure that she had the right place, that the messy, panicked scrawl hadn't obscured some important detail from her.
It was."
"They could do nothing but watch, as the very forces that supported their magnificent city tore homes to shreds."