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!"

of arrogant confidence… and deep animosity toward the

the Lost left,

and glanced at the food that rolled down the slope of

his head

Never thought I'll be eating this crap

reflecting the blue glow of the

knew their shape all

***

paste that had the consistency of mud and tasted about the same. Still, this vile invention was cheap to produce and supposed to contain all the nutrients

had not missed the damned

easiest food to get was called a "universal ration pack"... or simply a rat pack. It contained a tube of synthpaste, a cheap water

Such irony...

while, tired and weak without the essence sustaining

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

cold and chilly, but at least his back

for a while, trying

they did, however, Cassie

"Sunny…"

voice was quiet and

how is she

his eyes closed and remained silent for a few moments, then said with

doing great. She is a devil already. Now stop

sighed, and didn't say

sudden change in her breathing. Through the thin fabric of their clothes, he could feel the blind girl's

around and

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

lingered, not knowing what to

that like most of her visions, this one was painful and terrifying. Was he supposed to wake her up? Or would it do more harm

a stifled yelp. Her chest was rising and falling wildly, and there

feel her surroundings,

caught one of them, making

damn it. You're in

grip. After a while,

"...I'm alright."

the mostly empty waterskin, and put it onto her

the last of their water and