All in all, there were six Wards that might affect Amy, the kid told me. While I thought it was a bit excessive, he explained that count didn’t include Wards against ‘Celestial Beings’ or “Hybrids’, that could sometimes get around the Wards for other types. One by one we clear them, taking turns so we can recover between destroying the Wards. It’s exhausting work, not helped by the fact that we have to sneak around and avoid slavers.
We nearly got caught the very first time we had to go above ground and out into the open. Stepping out into the daylight, followed swiftly by the boy, I nearly ran into a slaver. He was younger than the rest of them, and I didn’t recognize him. His eyes widened in fear or shock one, but before I could say or do anything, the child beside me had darted forward
