In the end, Ladron and a handful were left behind. The others headed back to the array, but just surrounded it for a while.
They looked back, wondering if this was a trap and if they were going to get pulverized if they stepped inside.
Eagle rolled his eyes. "Go back home," he said. "Don't overthink it."
It was an order from a master so they had no choice but to just follow. Although… every one of them shut their eyes closed as they stepped in, half-expecting to die then and there.
Anyway, the Yasof slaves went back, one by one, until only Ladron and a few others were left behind. For the most part, the people chosen were those with nothing to go back to. They had no family or assets back there, so it wouldn't have mattered where they ended up. Included here were a few people who had been slaves before.
There were two people that Ladron specifically chose to accompany him, however.
