Expendable Bait

"You were the bait?" Maya frowned. "But you're not an ability user, right? How can a normal person be bait?"

Paige looked at her in confusion instead. "Isn't it better if normal people are bait? That's how it's always been. If a normal person dies, the base doesn't lose much anyway."

She said it so matter-of-factly. It was hard to believe such cruel words came from a girl who looked only 13 or 14.