Feeling a sense of empowerment, Bethany realized that she could really clean up this town. With this device, practically anything was possible. Anything.
Determined to change more miscreants into productive members of society (because that's what she believed the Inverter did), she headed off to a nearby alley, where she heard a commotion happening.
Hiding behind a dumpster, she witnessed two thuggish-looking men covered in tattoos beating up another man, while a woman who looked like a whore stood nearby and just watched, looking bored, more than anything else.
Well, this was as good a place to start cleaning up the town as any. She aimed the device in their direction and ...