Going Cold
This is a term to refer to the Shivae's ability to slide in an out of an alternative negative dimension through the manipulation of Cyantian metals which collect in their bones.
All Shivae have the ability to go through a negative dimension of wherever they are to get to anywhere they need to be unseen by anything but other Shivae, though the distances they can travel varies (with aquatics traveling the shortest distance). The only drawbacks to this ability is that it's freezing cold so they can't travel long distances through it and they can only go to and from areas they've already been or they'll risk becoming lost in darkness and possibly freeze to death before happening upon someplace visible. Shivae can see what's going on around them when they go cold, unless they are passing through solid objects. The real world is usually visible as a black and white shadow world to a Shivae traveling in the negative dimension.
Going cold puts a Shivae in an alternate dimension/reality. They can phase through other living creatures if they want to, but tend to NOT do this because it's very disturbing to them and it's pretty much forbidden.... If they were to pass through another Shivae as that Shivae went cold, they would both die immediately.
A shivae can 'go cold' as often as they can tolerate the cold, although at times the body itself will lose the ability to remain in that state if it gets too cold.
There are horror stories told among shivae of those who've gotten lost there or stayed in the cold too long, and can't find their way back. These 'Lost in the Cold' howl in the night and seek the heat.
The Final Path was a short story that dealt with this topic.
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