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

top of the world… those who return alive, that is. We have all the privileges, all

road, her icy eyes full of unimaginable

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

a while, thinking about the damage a deranged Awakened

even

that happens... you receive a

glanced at him

like that usually don't get out, because the government doesn't

for a bit. Then, he

find this guy, talk him

Sunny had been on the other side of this equation a few times in the past, and never in his life had he imagined putting handcuffs on someone, and

gave him a complicated look. There

We are not

a

around as if nothing happened

course, there was another, much darker

reading his thoughts, Jet

he won't be walking

into the

"...Ah."

Master Jet sighed.

needs to be contained, you can put them in prison. But we… we are Awakened. Realistically, there

even further, and

only be

said made sense. Awakened were too powerful, and too 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 that mundane humans

in a cell

not a perfect