Children.
Unable to determine their identities, Lu Li temporarily referred to them as such.
Of the original seven children, only five remained. Lu Li had Anna move the debris aside to search for the two children who might have been buried underneath.
When they shifted the charred rooftop that was on top, some movement came from below the rubble, revealing one of the "children's" kind.
Its leg was trapped under a collapsed beam, injured. After Anna rescued it, it hobbled back to the midst of the children, tilting its head towards Lu Li like a wild beast, sensing his presence, drawing close yet fearful.
As the burned materials were cleared away, the ruins became lower and lower, the heat hiding at the bottom scattered and escaped, and the dark red charcoal twinkled, fading back into dimness.
"Wait a moment,"
