The day after the mission with Logan—confronting the bandits who had been using their names, along with Haru’s, to rob tourists and keep people away from the cave where they’d hunted a desert worm—everything should’ve been pretty straightforward.

The start of the mission had actually been routine.

Track down the two kids. Scare them enough to make them wet their pants. Make it clear that playing bandit and using Logan’s name wasn’t exactly the brightest idea.

Nothing more to it.

Child’s play.

Piece of cake.

The problem was what came next.