Shadow Slave

Sunny smiled and leaned back on his chair, then looked at his friends with curiosity.

There was a question he really wanted to ask, but tried not to up until now.

"...What's your second Ability, anyway?"

His words hung in the air for a few moments. Suddenly, Kai coughed with embarrassment and looked away. After a couple of seconds, he said in a strange tone:

"I, uh… can see really far now, when I want to. Even when there's no light. I am also supposed to be able to see through illusions and all forms of obfuscation, whatever that means. And… uh… I can also see through objects.

Sunny and Effie stared at him and asked almost simultaneously:

"Like, through walls?"

"Like, through clothes?"

Kai hid behind his glass, lingered for a bit, and then answered in a small voice:

"...Yes. But I would never!"

While Sunny tried to imagine why would Kai refuse to look through walls, Effie laughed out loud.

"I see, I see. What a great Ability!"

She shook her head, then turned to Sunny and asked:

"Hey, doofus. I bet you often wanted to stab me with something sharp. Wanna try?"

He frowned in confusion, then raised an eyebrow.

"No. Why would I stab you?"

expectation clearly written on her face, then sighed in

wanted to demonstrate my second Ability to you. Basically, it makes my whole body invulnerable. Well… comparatively, of course. Skin of steel, that sort of deal. A

bit of awe. Indeed, that was a very powerful Ability. Combined with Effie's previous one, it turned her into an exceedingly

him

"Well, what about you?"

He shifted slightly.

neat type of conditional short-distance teleportation. Kai can see through walls, I can go through walls… while you can just plow through them, I guess. In your usual

Effie grinned.

of words. I wonder

changed the

your plans, guys? What Citadels are

a strange silence settled among them. All three had contemplative, wistful expressions

it was both slightly awkward and slightly sad. Back on the Forgotten Shore, the three of them had

worse, they were about to go their separate ways.

a while,

do well with authority. Plus, none of them have moved a finger to help me when I really needed it. Only now that I am a hot commodity are they all suddenly kind and friendly. Rubs me the wrong way, to

her wheelchair, then

It depends on what the fastest way to get ready for the Second Nightmare would be. Maybe I'll

Second Nightmare, one's spiritual body became their physical body. Reaching the rank of a Master would free Effie from her terrible disability, so Sunny understood her

he knew why she had said that for her, striving to conquer the Second Nightmare was the

his own, Sunny had ended up

silent for a few

in Bastion. So I'll be going there soon. I won't have to fight another Nightmare Creature

being safe and comfortable for the rest of his life, he didn't

Sunny frowned.

nothing wrong with living like a person should, not having to worry about being eaten every goddamn day. Don't even

man

forgive my ungratefulness. But what

back of his head, then

turns out, scribbling a few words about the things you see in the Dream Realm can actually earn you money. And! I think I can weasel my way into receiving a salary from the Academy as a research assistant, whatever that means. So, uh… actually, I haven't decided on a particular Citadel yet.