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."

dark expression slowly appeared on her

of the world… those who return alive, that is. We have all the privileges, all the money, all the power. But the mark

Jet looked at the road, her icy eyes full of

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,

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

even want to

that happens... you receive a

Jet glanced at

usually don't get out, because the government doesn't want them to. For obvious reasons. Everything is dealt with quietly, and

for a bit.

find this guy, talk him down or overpower him,

few times in the

Jet gave him a complicated

not going to arrest

blinked a couple of

to walk around as if nothing happened until the

course, there was another, much darker

thoughts, Jet slowly shook her

won't be

looked into the

"...Ah."

Master Jet sighed.

we are Awakened. Realistically, there is no prison that can be built to hold us. Not with every Aspect being unique, and demanding unique means of containment. So

accelerated the PTV even further, and

will only be

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 they needed to be

tried, and either locked in a cell or receive proper help in a mental

not