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 her

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

Jet looked at the road, her icy eyes full

of us are walking on the edge, just one little step away from madness. All that trauma can mess one up

remained silent for a while, thinking about the damage a deranged Awakened could

didn't even want

you receive

Jet glanced at him and

control, I — or someone like me — receives the call. Things like that usually don't get out, because the government doesn't want them to. For obvious reasons. Everything is dealt with quietly,

speak for a bit. Then, he

We find this guy, talk him down or overpower him, and then put him in cuffs?

few times in the past, and never in his life had he imagined

a complicated look. There was

not going to arrest

a couple of

free to walk around as if nothing happened until the

there was another,

reading his thoughts, Jet slowly

he won't

looked into

"...Ah."

Master Jet sighed.

human needs to be contained, you can put them in prison. But we… we are Awakened. Realistically, there is no prison

PTV even further, and then

will only be

and too dangerous. If one of them lost control, then they needed to be dealt with, somehow. In a perfect world, they would go

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

was not