Silver Creek crimes against children are so easy to get away with.

It took Artaax about thirty paces before he finally stopped to peer back over his shoulder to figure out why he didn't hear Bat following. She was lying on the group still, staring at him with wide eyes. He frowned deeply at her and turned to face her once more.

"Let's go," he said, more sternly this time. What was she even doing? What about this was hard to understand? He had found her, so that meant it was time to take her home. This had only ever been a two step venture. Step 1) Find the lost kid. Step 2) Take her back to Drageda. No where in there was there a step 1.5 where she lied there acting like a moron, wasting his time.