Harold was pushing a wheelchair in which Jackal sat, while Wendy and Gabriel walked casually towards the house. Hansel and Maverick Dale, the two brothers were also walking with them, casually chatting amongst themselves.
They, too, had been drafted during the war, though predictably, they were not sent to the ruins. Instead, they were sent to an incredibly secure facility where they spent all day and night manufacturing their aether cards.
The two brothers had passive aether absorption, one passively absorbing from the air while the other passively absorbing from objects. The utility of their innate abilities practically made them national treasures, though Nero knew that they wanted something else. They wanted to see combat, and fight on the front lines with honour. Unfortunately for them, their destiny was such that the military would never allow that.
