Life of a slave ain't easy, people forcing you to do labour, otherwise they'll kill you or won't give you food, it's not acceptable for anyone, not even for the Nertaki now known as ZEROS didn't like the idea of enslavement, they never done it, never wanted to make people work for them and give them nothing, but a slice of bread.
In slave camp Armadillo 47, a group of slaves where sleeping, at least that's what the guards believed, a boy, around sixteen-seventeen years old, was faking sleeping, he got up slowly, and slowly walked between the other slaves, he tried to open the door, it didn't work, he then looks for another way out. Metal sounds come from the other part of the door, he swiftly ran away a few feet, then he jumped on his belly and starts faking sleeping. The door opens, it's metalic sound wakes up the slaves, he pretended that he was awakened too. The guards, came in to alert, the slaves that one of their own tried to escape, they bring the slave in to the building where the others where keeped.
"He had a vision of a runner" said one of the guards, that was wearing a riot armour . They turn the body, and the slaves seen their friend without his eyes "But his vision left him" he laughs with a nasty tone. The boy try to run to the body but it's stopped by one of the slaves, she puts him down "Not the time Cosius!" she whispers, the boy started crying. "We'll come back late for the body, and think twice before trying to leave" the guards leave and close the door, the boy after runs to the body and hugs it. The other slaves where terrified, one of them say "They'll kill us because of your brother Cosius!" another tried to calm her down "Easy Marhy, it was just an example!" she then screams "Where are your stars boy?" Cosius leaves his dead brother alone, goes in front of the woman "Shut the fuck up..." the woman slaps the boy and shouts "You have not respect of your elders" the boy tackles her, puts her on the ground, and tries to suffocate her empty handed, he hesitates after she is knocked out "Anyone has more complaints about what my brother did?" Cosius asked, everyone shakes their heads, "Good. Who wants to escape? If you want to escape rise your hand" no man or woman rised their hand. "He had the guts that many of you can't even imagine—" A elderly man then asks "And where did that lead him? In his grave I see", the boy sighs "I rather die than being a slave, this past years made your minds as one of the hounds you once had" he turns to the woman that stoped him "I rather try to escape, to live a better life and get the enemies away from Kamoe, and try to live, than die here without trying, I don't care if one of you are rats, because I know some of you are, but don't get in my way" he goes back to his brother's body, "May you become one of the stars brother" he said, with a tone of sadness, he released his feelings in tears, the tears where traveling on his face like rapid fire, he tries to stop, but he can't. The woman gets closer to him and embrace him "I'm sorry for your loss" he then pushed her away "Hope your tummy will be full after this... Don't be sorry for betrayal, Ahira" she didn't answer, she was guilty. "I—" she gets interrupted by Cosius "Don't talk to me scum!" She ran into a corner, everyone looked at her with disgust in their eyes "Go to sleep, we got to work tomorrow" the sit once more on their backs, placeing their heads on the floor and tries to sleep. Cosius looked at the girl once more and close his eyes, leaving his dead brother on his lap, "Good night for the last time... Brother."