Okay -- a building is unexpectedly attacked, and several people are killed, including (gulp) children. I'm trying to figure out if there is a real subplot for a seven year old girl or ten year old boy. Just how enterprising could an intelligent child be, especially if said child knows some of the language of the invaders, if they are taken for medical care and then hung on to because they may have hostage value. I'm thinking planning escape when they do have a feature (eye color or hair color) that might cause them to be noticed. It's winter, so clothing hiding them might help.
Their goal would be the office of a family friend -- timing when the friend will be there, so they would find the office and go several times early. One of the "captors" is not actively helping, but knows the child understands a lot of the language and does not reveal this -- and also hints when it's time to actually run.
=I= could have done this. But I was a DAMN precocious kid. How about a merely smart and observant kid? This is not in stone, I can just kill off the third kid (urp) but was trying to save a life here....
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