Shadow Slave

Sunny shifted in his seat, a bleak expression appearing on his face.

'A human?'

Why would a Master be hunting down a human? There was police for that.

Unless, of course, that human was an Awakened…

Sunny was aware that special government agents — carriers of the Nightmare Spell themselves — dealt with those Awakened who broke the law, simply because police officers were often helpless against criminals that possessed inhuman strength and wielded bizarre or dangerous Aspect Abilities. It made sense that Master Jet would be involved in that side of government work, too.

But, honestly, he didn't know too much about how these things usually went.

Glancing at her, Sunny asked:

"Is it an Awakened criminal?"

Master Jet spared him a short glance.

"A… criminal? Yes, you might say that."

She remained quiet for a few moments, and then corrected herself.

"No, actually, do not. The man we must find is not a criminal. He is an animal... a rabid one."

Sunny frowned.

"An interesting choice of words."

Master Jet was concentrating on driving the PTV, so she didn't answer immediately. When she did, however, her voice was strangely calm:

"You are not an inexperienced Sleeper anymore, Sunny, so I will be straightforward. You, of all people, should be able to understand. The Nightmares, the Dream Realm… they take a toll. Some people endure, some people break. Some people carry the nightmares back with them to the real world."

slowly

that is. We have all the privileges, all the money, all the power. But the mark it leaves on us never goes away. After all the pain, blood, and horror… after all the crap we the lucky

at the road, her icy eyes full

crack a little, and some crack a lot. The government portrays us Awakened as powerful and noble, the saviors of the world… but really, most of us are walking on the edge, just one little step away from madness. All that trauma can mess one up really good, you know? It's all a big, big mess. So, when one of the Awakened loses control up and makes that

the damage a deranged Awakened could do in the mundane world. His expression

didn't even

happens... you

Jet glanced at him

the call. Things like that usually don't get out, because the government doesn't want them to. For obvious reasons. Everything

a bit. Then, he

to happen? We find this guy, talk him down or overpower him, and then put him

of this equation a few times in the past, and

a complicated look. There was

not going to arrest

a couple

around as if nothing happened until the

was another, much darker

if reading his thoughts, Jet

he won't be walking

looked into

"...Ah."

Master Jet sighed.

can put them in prison. But we… we are Awakened. Realistically, there is no prison that can be built to hold us. Not with every Aspect

even further, and

only be

the window, not sure how he felt about that. Yes, what Master Jet said made sense. Awakened were too powerful, and too dangerous. If one of them lost control, then

would be arrested, tried, and either locked in a cell or

this was not