Some of the people who could pick up on those thoughts, though, were the Purifiers. Once out of their flimsy, make-shift cage, they advanced on Dolemeck.

The fourth one, the one that Dolemeck had forgotten about, strode up to Dolemeck and slammed a boot down on the boy's stomach, right where the bullet hole was. He dug his foot into Dolemeck's stomach. "The whole point is for it to hurt, idiot child." He pointed his gun down at Dolemeck's face. "Play dead all you want. We'll shoot you til it's no longer an act." He cocked his gun. "Keep your eyes open, kid. You don't wanna miss this."