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."

expression slowly appeared on

Awakened are at the top of the world… those who return alive, that is. We have all the privileges, all the money, all the power. But the mark it leaves on us never goes

her icy

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

about the damage a deranged Awakened could do in the mundane world. His expression became dark and

didn't even want

you

at him

— or someone like me — receives the call. Things like that usually don't get

for a bit. Then, he

this guy, talk him down or overpower him, and then put him

side of this equation a few times in the past, and never in his life had he imagined putting handcuffs on someone, and not the other way

him a complicated look. There

are not going to arrest

blinked a

walk around

course, there was

if reading his thoughts, Jet slowly

he won't be walking

into

"...Ah."

Master Jet sighed.

there is no prison that can be built to hold us.

accelerated the PTV even further, and then

only be

dangerous. If one of them lost control, then they needed to be dealt with, somehow. In a perfect world, they would go through the same process

a cell or

this was not a perfect