Whew,I feel better about the story now, that I know that the characters are not "evil".
It doesn't seem like much of a trade off between 5 physically damaged and insitutionalized slaves and a couple of adult ten year olds that they captured.
I guess that there are very few clean / bloodless revolutions and the good of the many and all that. It's probably good that Willow has a hard time sleeping and at minimum the characters should be aware of the consequences of their choices.
Really liking how you are protraying Sam, so many phobias to explore.