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Unfortunately, John didn't understand what an asylum was, anymore than he did insanity, though he was on the brink of it only moments ago. So he kept quiet and looked around the site. Dawn would break soon, and he wanted to be away from his birthing grounds when the light could expose them.

"I'm taking to the skies," he told Trent, giving a nod to R.J. before lifting into the air, Panther's weight hindering him not in the least.

Smoke grimly acknowledged this, as well as R.J.'s comment with a nod, but didn't take his eyes off his task. They needed to get out of there as soon as they could.

Red had followed everyone outside and looked around slowly. She hadn't been outside before, at least not in her own memory. She had always been taunted with mazes and such things rigged with electricity, as was the curse to be designed for a scout. She looked around at her siblings, not knowing a single name but ran to the vehicle. "S-smoke? I don't understand... Aren't you with t-them..?" she asked slowly, not entirely trusting. After all she had been left apart from her siblings due to it being a so-called distraction for a scout. With her seeing him as a scientist she didn't know what to think at that time.

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Red looked at Hound and slowly she got inside the vehicle. "I'm Red. Who are you?" She was nervous at what was going on, everything here was foreign to her.

"That was you?" She hugged him suddenly, sorry for what he went through, what they all went through. "I know how you feel... In my own way at least... I'm sorry." She let out a small whimpering sound as she held onto him.

Smoke buckled both Hound and Red in, but was running out of room quickly. There were seven seats, two up front for him and Seiko, then two, and then three directly behind those seats. It was a tight squeeze, but hopefully they wouldn't be in there for too long. He didn't think they would mind a little discomfort in order to get away either.

He did a quick count in his hand. Him and Seiko up front. Hound and Red in the middle. Lonomia, Tobart, and Apsalar in the back three seats. Was he forgetting anyone?

"You're welcome little sister..." Hound said in a softer tone than he usually used. He snuggled gently, and for a moment enjoyed being what he was. He realized that being big wasn't such a bad thing after all.

"Let," Apsalar told Lonomia quietly, trying to communicate that he should allow the scientist to go through with setting the bars. It was important, she could tell that much. Smoke wouldn't...she thought he wouldn't...lock them in for no reason. It had to be important. "Smoke, let." Having done her best to reassure Lonomia, she looked over to Tobart.

The suspicions she couldn't help but harbor were reflected in his eyes. She could see them, and hoped Smoke could not. She wanted to believe someone honestly cared enough to help them, that life was finally giving them a chance.

Grief came and went quickly in her eyes at John's words. Panther. Little Panther, who had deserved this chance more than any of them, the youngest and most innocent of them all, would never have a chance to see the world outside again. It was unfair.

Life was unfair, but this cut deeper than anything else had.

Apsalar looked up at the other girl's words. "None," she said quietly. Clearly. "None." They had none. No parents, no family but each other - and seemingly Smoke now, too. If he was trustworthy, anyway.

She shoved the thought aside. "Better," she said hesitantly. "Than here. Better." Anywhere, she meant, was better than here, so did it really matter?

Having spoken, she glanced at Tobart to see if what she had said had made any sense. She thought it had, but then the words she spoke always made sense to her.