They fled through the town, the three of them, him dragging the two girls along behind him.

They should have known better.

They should never have stayed.

Nowhere was safe.

Nowhere was ever safe these days.

He'd actually started to like Otto – the old man was a mutant, Lukas was sure of it – but nowhere was safe these days and he had to get the girls away.

So they ran, and they kept running, even when the shop exploded behind them and there was fire everywhere.

Norah screamed and cried and they dragged her along after them.

They had to go.

They had to keep moving.

They had to find a new safe.