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

Yes, we 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 away. After all the pain, blood, and horror… after all the crap we the

looked at the road, her icy eyes full

little step away from madness. All that trauma can mess one up really good,

for a while, thinking about the damage a deranged Awakened could do in the mundane world.

didn't even

that happens... you receive a

Jet glanced at him

an Awakened goes out of control, I — or someone like me — receives the call. Things like that usually don't get out, because the government

didn't speak for a

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

funny thought that was. Him, making an arrest. Sunny had been on the other side of this equation a few times in the past, and never in his life had he imagined

gave him a complicated look. There was almost...

are not going to

blinked a couple of

free to walk around as if nothing

was another, much darker

reading his thoughts, Jet slowly

won't be walking

into

"...Ah."

Master Jet sighed.

them in prison. But we… we are Awakened. Realistically, there

the PTV even

will only be an

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

in a cell or

was not a