Aftran had found only her backpack and school supplies in Weapons & Possessions -- the things she'd been carrying on her before waking up in that glop. She hadn't been issued a Dracon beam for her assignment as the daughter of Uni-Bank's president, so she was defenseless.

She was currently trembling and clinging on to Trudy's hand, perfectly acting the part of a human child who was traumatized by those vines that had grabbed and dressed her. She looked around. "I don't see my mommy or daddy."