This wasn't a simple case they had stumbled onto - some man, no. Maybe woman - Niko warned them against pre-judging - was kidnapping young children who had signs of academic magic, sucking their magic dry, and practically leaving the children dead. All for the sake of power. Koyama hated selfish people like that. A thought that was even further propelled at the sight of the children who came back - eyes sunken, lips turned down at the corners, skin so pale that it looked like they had never seen sunlight before. Half of their souls had been stolen from them - parts of themselves that they'd never get back again.
"What do you mean you have no more ideas?!" Ryo snapped, fist slamming against the table. "Another child was kidnapped last night. That makes two in the last month. Five for the past half a year. This means he's speeding up
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This wasn't a simple case they had stumbled onto - some man, no. Maybe woman - Niko warned them against pre-judging - was kidnapping young children who had signs of academic magic, sucking their magic dry, and practically leaving the children dead. All for the sake of power. Koyama hated selfish people like that. A thought that was even further propelled at the sight of the children who came back - eyes sunken, lips turned down at the corners, skin so pale that it looked like they had never seen sunlight before. Half of their souls had been stolen from them - parts of themselves that they'd never get back again.
"What do you mean you have no more ideas?!" Ryo snapped, fist slamming against the table. "Another child was kidnapped last night. That makes two in the last month. Five for the past half a year. This means he's speeding up ( ... )
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