Shadow Slave

He sat back down, waited for a while, and then turned to Cassie:

"Did you take a look at her Attributes?"

She sat down, too, and sighed.

"Yes. Her, the four Lost with her. Sir Pierce, too. I also saw the name and Rank of their Aspects."

Sunny frowned.

"What? Since when can you read Aspects, too?"

The blind girl shrugged.

"Since my Awakening."

He stared at her for a bit.

'What a useful Ability…'

In worse news, if she had not known some of his secrets before, she surely knew them now.

'...How infuriating.'

Sunny grimaced, lingered for a bit, and then said:

"Good. Chances are, we'll need that information before all of this is over."

He didn't press her for answers yet, since there was a lot he had to think about.

Some more time passed with both of them remaining silent. After a while, the door of the chamber opened once more, and the familiar four Lost entered. The one with a bandaged head was carrying a tray of food and a waterskin.

He studied them for a few moments, a cold expression on his handsome face, and then threw the food and the waterskin through the iron bars without approaching the cage.

Sunny suppressed his anger and opened his mouth, assuming the persona of a cowardly researcher:

"Hey! Sir… uh… sir Awakened! Can you tell us what is going on? Please, we don't even know what is wrong!"

The sentinel glanced at him darkly and spat in a commanding tone:

"Silence!"

clear and strong, full of arrogant confidence… and deep

word, the Lost left, once again locking the door

for a few moments, then slowly lowered his gaze and glanced at the food that

his head back and laughed

gods! Never thought I'll be eating this crap

in front of him, reflecting the blue glow of the runes, two colorless tubes

their shape

***

about the same. Still, this vile invention

missed the damned sludge at

synthpaste, a cheap water filter, and several dry, tasteless

Such irony...

a while, tired and weak without the essence sustaining their bodies, they

the cage was so small that Sunny and Cassie had to settle with their backs against each other. With nothing but two layers of

was cold and chilly, but at least his

silence for a while, trying to fall

they did, however,

"Sunny…"

voice was quiet and

how is she doing? Do you

closed and remained silent for a few

great. She is a devil already. Now stop bothering

and didn't say anything

the middle of the night — if it was night outside — he suddenly woke up, disturbed by a sudden change in her breathing. Through the thin fabric of their clothes, he could feel the blind

turned around and looked

white and bloodless. It was contorted in a tortured grimace, with beads of sweat appearing on her forehead. Her eyes were moving

not knowing

visions, this one was painful and terrifying. Was he supposed to wake

sat up with a stifled yelp. Her chest was

to feel her surroundings, clearly not quite remembering where she

caught one of them, making Cassie

damn it. You're in a cage in Night Temple. Stop

froze, surrendering to his iron grip. After a while, Cassie took a deep

"...I'm alright."

go, picked up the mostly empty

water and closed her