Superior numbers versus superior firepower. A recipe for unending slaughter.

The sound when we crash is so loud it's almost impossible.

It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat.

And then his noise falls completely silent- And he stops struggling- And looking right into my eyes- He dies. My Todd dies.

I do what I have to do," I say. I do what I have to do to save him. I do what I have to do to save Todd.

I wish I had a hundred years, she said, very quietly. A hundred years I could give to you.

Everything that's happened has brought me here, to this place, with this knife in my hand, and something worth saving.