"Can we not do your office?" "Can we meet somewhere in the park..." "In the park?" "You too, sir." "You are a mountain." "You are a hundred miles high." "You are invincible." "You are forever." " Those that try to hurt you..." " what?" " How are you man?" " Sorry, are you busy?" " Look at you." " Your uh..." "Your number changed." "Yeah." "It's amazing to see you." "Yeah, um, I'm just staying up, uh, with someone nearby," "and I thought I'd say hi." " What are you doing now?" " Well, I got in this morning, uh, but now, nothing." "I just, uh, thought I'd say hi, and..." "Come up." "Give me your bag." " Oh, I got it." " No, it's cool," "I've been working out." "Come on." " Jeez." " Kitchen, living room area, weird room I don't really know what to do with, it used to be Kat's clothing warehouse." "You guys... i thought you were getting married." "Oh, yeah." "Oh, hey!" "I heard you and Hannah got engaged." "That's amazing." "You gotta tell me all about how you asked her." "So, this is the basement." "It's for killing people, or raping animals." "Why am I showing this to you?" "You comin'?" "Very cool." "Kat and I were always gonna have a party up here, but, then we didn't." "Okay, come on." "So, tell me about your engagement." "So, where is she?" "When's the wedding?" "No wedding." "What happened?" "She, uh..." "Cheated on me, and then broke up with me, if you can believe it." " You guys were together..." " Stupid, it's better though." "Do you need help cleaning?" "No, man, I'm sorry, I'm just, uh..." "I've been trying to get up the courage to ask this girl on a date, for, like, the past five months, and I finally did, so I have this date tonight." "Oh, I should be going anyway." "No." "No, no, no, no, no." "Seriously, | it's between, me and her, and her friend's coming along too, so it's perfect." "You should come." " I don't have anything to wear." "Yeah, but you're staying close by, right?" "When do they get home?" "It's fine, uh..." "You know, uh, we'll hang out later." "I got..." "I, uh..." "Stop." "Just stop." "Just tell whoever you're staying with you're crashing here tonight, okay?" "I've a killer camping mat for all the bitches I bring over." "Put your stuff down." "Hey." "Remember that date we have tonight?" "Why don't you just get a little friend to come along with you at the last second?" "Do not be a bitch." "The only thing that will get in your way and make you hate yourself is if you are a bitch." "You're a mountain." "Hey, man." "The girls are super excited." "Um, can I ask you something?" "Does it really go down that far?" "Hmm?" "Are these your jeans?" "She's been at behemoth five months, she's moved up twice." "She makes dudes cry, I gotta man up." "She sounds horrible." "You're not gonna answer it?" "No, if it's important, she'll text." "Are you calling an ambulance?" "Oh, okay." "Should..." "Should we..." "Yeah, yeah, no, we'll just come." "Uh, class and leopard." "Great." "Um... okay." "Change of plans." "I don't know if a taxi's gonna come by here." " I can't walk anymore in these shoes." " Guys, you didn't have to come." "Wyatt's really good with this stuff." "She slipped on the ice." "Hey, I'm Wyatt, what's your name?" " Sandy." " Hey, Sandy." " Nice to meet you." " Yeah." "Okay, you mind if I take a look at your face?" "Oh, wow, you look great." " Do you remember hitting your head?" " I... no." "Can you look this way for just a second?" "You might want to take her to a hospital if you want to be safe." "I hate ambulances." "EMTs are perverts who smell like French fries." " Wakey, wakey." " Hey." "What you doing sleeping in the stairway?" " I was..." " Oh, my gosh." " You're um..." " Did I fall asleep?" "Yup." "You look like you fell asleep." " I'm sorry." " It's okay." "Is everybody okay?" " We're okay, are you okay?" " Yeah." "You wanna go get some snacks?" "Ahem." "Mara Drake." "Yeah?" "Thanks for staying all that time." "Honestly, it's no big deal." "We're just gonna take a cab from here." " You sure?" " Yeah, boy scout." "She's just really embarrassed." " Don't get any ideas." " Don't flatter yourself." " Okay, night." " Okay." "Good night." "I think she likes you anyway." "You want some?" "I'm okay." "Hey, I gotta go to work tomorrow." "Are you looking for um, a new, uh..." "Job?" "You're cool." "You're probably cool." "I'm leaving town." "I have the bus tickets, so." "Well, you're staying here till then." "Was tonight just supposed to be a date between the two of you?" "It wasn't a date." "Thank you." "All I know is now that you're here, everything's gonna get awesome." "You should be very careful." "Do not look at Christian." "Go down to the basement of your building right now." "We warned you not to go into the cities." "In the cities, they are everywhere." "Their plan is almost complete." "If we do not stop them, they will enslave the butcher in every good person left on earth." "You must prepare for the war." "You want to protect your friend, but helping him will be impossible." "He is good." "He is still human." "But he will not believe you." "Leave the city tonight." "We still do not know how to infect the host." "Never look at their eyes." "When I reveal my identity, you must never contact me, ever." "Here is what you must do." "You've reached the offices of Dr. James Calvino." "Please leave a message." "Hello, sir." "This is Wyatt Goodwin." "I'm sorry to be calling you so late." "I was wondering if we could move our meeting to tomorrow." "Uh, please let me know." "Thank you." "Can I get a copy of these, please?" " Morning." " Hey, man." "What you doing there?" "Just making a sandwich." "I brought some coffee, too." " Thank you." " Uh-huh." "How'd you sleep last night?" "Great." " Air mattress okay?" " Yeah." "Real comfortable." "Nice." "Hey, were you still working at that repair store in NC?" "Landscaping and maintenance at the sisters of mercy." " It was a nunnery." " Oh, that's wild." "Yeah." "They didn't need anybody as much, so." "Wanna grab lunch with me today?" " I, uh, gotta run some stupid errands." " Great." "Um, hey, man, I made an extra set of keys for you." "It's no big deal." "Ah, I don't, I don't need keys." "I'm gonna leave in a few days." "It's New York, you need keys." " Nuns, huh?" " Mm-hmm." "Wow." "You are an ocean." "Weapons, swords and knives all flow through you like nothing." "You encompass the entire world... in your depth." " There he is." " Hi." "You look ten-feet tall." "I don't think I'm schizophrenic." "I looked up some stuff online." "Never any drugs." "No alcohol for about ten weeks." "No caffeine." "All right." "It's the plight of the lame and the boring, what a joke." "Did you ever have a long-term relationship that didn't wind up letting you down?" "This friend I'm staying with." "Chris, the little skinny guy?" "Is there some medication you can give me?" "Hmm, sure." " Will it help?" " Yeah." "Anything else?" "It's stupid." "There was this one dream, once." "Where certain people around me didn't look human." "It started with my fiance." "I never want to see what she turned into again." "It's like they're in my head, they're listening to me." "It's getting worse." "I know it's silly, right?" "Do your parents know about this?" "No, is that all right?" "Yeah." "So what do we do now?" "You come in." "I'm still in mid-town." "Give 'em a call." "They'll set you up for next week." "You'll be all right." "Honestly, I'm feeling better already." "You are a fire." "All that your enemies place in your way..." "Betrayal, lies, poison..." "You devour and become stronger." "You are unstoppable." "You are holy." "You are terrible." "It's a whisper room." " Come in." " No." "Yes, come on." "It's soundproof." "Welcome." "Switch places." "It's cool, right?" "Yeah." "Thanks for helping us last night." " How's Sandy?" " Concussed, but fine." "Oh, um, remember that lame bottle of peach schnapps that you got me when I first started working here?" "Joyce told me that you get one for every new girl." "Oh, yeah, totally." "Well, I threw mine away." "If I can prove to you I'm a psychic, do you want to try again tomorrow night?" "Give me your hand." "Now pick a number between one and ten." " Seven." " What?" "Damn it." "You will have three loves in your life." "Those are life lines, Goofus." "Here." "My grandma used to do voodoo." "Hey, do you think we have anything for Wyatt?" "Like, client services, or anything?" "I can ask Gerald." "I talked to them about you, by the way." "Maybe some good news for you on Friday." "Whoa." "Thank you." "Shh!" "What's it say?" "This line says that you're a loser." "This line..." " I could do a move." " Yeah?" " I could do a move." " No, I meant like, later." "Like, not right now, that's weird." "Oh, so, okay, here it is, you wanna follow me now?" " I don't think so." "Just kidding." "No, go ahead." " Really?" "Yeah, it's good." "Yes, I think so." "Oh my god!" "Okay, that was good." "Are you okay?" "I got your scarf." " Okay." "Thanks." " I'm sorry." " When somebody's coming at you, -uh-huh." "You've gotta like, get them." " Like, see how you did that?" " Yeah." "That's the motion that you want, in judo, is you want somebody to go, "whoa!"" " Okay." "Yeah." " So you go like this." " Then you're gonna go around, - yeah." " And then you wanna choke them from here." " Yeah, yeah." " And then..." " It's good." "I'm sorry, that was an inappropriate touch." "That's inappropriate touching when you're choking." "Oh, that was a fast tap," "I'm sorry." "Okay, don't tap my ass." "It just seemed like..." " In the center here." " Okay." "And then you're gonna, like, do a hug motion." " It's a hug, huh?" " Yeah." "Okay." " So, like that, - yeah, yeah." " And this one comes over the back." " Yeah." " And you're gonna hold this nook in there." " This?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "And it's like you hug." "Okay." "I prefer regular hugging." "Hug, hug." " Okay." "Come on, stop being a pussy." "There you go." "Whatever." "I don't think that can work again." "Trust no one." "Trust was no longer an option once we discovered them." "They were at Jericho." "They surrounded the temple of Solomon." "They were at Golgotha." "They were once few." "Now they are everywhere." "Their disguises have begun to fail." "This is how we know they must strike soon." "Even before you were one of the blessed who could sense them, you knew they were out there." "Suddenly, they were right next to you." "That is not a soldier with a gun." "That is evil." "That is not your co-worker." "That is a demon." "That is not a human, not a neighbor, not a friend, not a lover, a brother, a mother, a father, a wife." "That is a monster." "That is your enemy." "And that is what you must be ready to destroy." "You all right?" "What happened?" "I just went and saw a family friend, but he wasn't around anymore." "I have an awesome evening planned for us." "Talked to my boss about you." "But everything sounds okay." "And everything's going okay with Mara, and if I don't do something physical," "I'm gonna explode." "I can get you a new one." "That's fine, I have like five." "Are you ready to get demolished?" "Yeah, yeah." "Yeah, yeah." "Come on, I'm gonna beat you for the first time." "You know, I just used to get pushed around at work, and then I just started to dominate, and now it's all happening." " Dominate, huh?" " Yeah." "You have no idea what it's like not to feel like a wuss anymore." "Alley oop!" "Nice." "You believe in supernatural stuff?" "You trying to distract me?" "Yeah, puffy jacket my ass." "Has anything really scary ever happened to you?" "No." "Like, you ever been in a fight?" "You ever been mugged?" "Nope." "Not very manly." "If something really scary was happening, would you be on my side?" "Look, man, I'm trying to make up for ten years of losing to you." " I can bench 250 now." "I'm different." " Really?" "Look, if you're trying to ask me, if someone pulled a gun on me, would I stand up and be a hero?" "Yeah." "I think the new me would." "I've changed." " I'm different." " Okay." "Okay." "Hey, I saw you on the phone last night at like 4:00 A.M. outside." "Just bullshit." "So you wanna go out?" "Could I wear different jeans?" "Remember when we played blobbie wars?" "God, we were lame." "So, we going out?" "Yeah." "Blobbie." "It didn't really work." " I mean, I had fun." " I know, why didn't it work?" " I just..." " Blobbies was my favorite." "How much am I winning by?" "Except for I think you're losing." "Ugh!" "Uh, that doesn't count, cause look, look at how my gauntlet is." "See?" " This is your stupid gauntlet!" " If you catch it in the gauntlet," " it doesn't count." "I don't care about your gauntlet." "Look at this, anything you catch in the gauntlet doesn't count." "That's what I thought." "That's what I thought." "Don't use that voice." "You know I don't like that voice." "Fine." "All right, I'll take off the gauntlet." "God, I just..." "I am chivalrous." "I am." "Don't laugh at me." " Uzi's." " None of that." "I can say only half of these count." "Do you think girls are just better at stuff?" "No, man." "Guys are better." "It's like..." "I'm gonna crash here." "Wyatt." "This is it." "This is the best way to... ♪ guns, and guns, and guns and drums, ha-row, ha-row ♪" "♪ here comes the guns, and guns and guns... ♪ ah, you'll like it." " I think you will." " Do you wanna have kids?" "I wanna have, like, a million kids." "Hello, again, Wyatt." "I assume by now that you know who I am." "We believe the monsters are uniquely vulnerable to acid." "Our spies think the war will begin very soon now." "If you ever hear three claps of thunder in a clear sky, the war has begun." "Now is the time to prepare mentally." "To kill a monster is easy." "To kill a monster who looks like a friend, or a harmless innocent..." "Wyatt, is there something else in the basement with..." "Hey." "It's me, Christian." "Stop." "Got you." "Yeah." "I can't tell if I'm hung-over or drunk." "I thought someone was in the house." "Okay." "Nightmare, uh..." "It must have been serious." " Hit me one." " No." "Oh, god." " Come on." "That'll..." "that'll wake you up." "Whatever." "You suck." "My junior year roommate Asa used to get these night terrors, and I remember his girlfriend Becky would always be wrestling with him in the bunk beneath mine." "And one night, she literally had to punch him in the face to wake him up." "When he did, he was like, "oh, sorry." "I was battling the York."" "What were you battling?" "I don't remember." "I have to get ready for work." " Blobbies." " I won." "There may be a promotion today, if I can conquer this meeting." "Good news for both of us tonight." "Cool, I'll clean up." "Oh, where is it at?" "Oh, don't worry about it." "Just chill." "You are a mountain." "You are a hundred miles high." "Hey there." "Gerald running late?" "Yeah." "Ah, I am stuck with you." " How are you?" " Fine." "What's wrong?" "Nothing, um..." "I'm not moving into design, and that's okay." "Look, I'll talk to Gerald, it's cool." "Well, people..." "People are getting..." "I am sure it's not your fault." " Don't worry about it." " You're being let go." "It's... what?" " Look at your face." " You're being let go today." "You've worked here for seven years, and they like you, but they're killing off half your department, it has nothing to do with..." "With anything." "No one else is leaving, huh?" "They want you to remove your stuff within the hour." "Okay." "Yeah." " Hold on." " No, it's... okay." " Look..." " Cool, maybe later." "Ow." "You are a flash of lightning in the darkness of night." "Hang on." "Let's flip the piece of paper." "It's nice." "Okay, this is so silly." "This is gonna help me at work to stand up for myself more," " hearing your voice." " Mm-hmm." "Okay." "Uh, okay." " Besides, I'm gonna be a dad, " "So, you know, I need to have a real job." "Do you have sulfuric acid?" "Yeah, down the left aisle." "What happens if you get it on your face?" "It would probably burn your face off." "You don't wanna have it on there." "Wyatt?" "Yeah." " Yeah." " What's wrong with your phone?" "I tried calling you like 20 times." "I was worried about you." "Sorry, I dropped my cell on the sidewalk." " I think I broke it." "It smells absolutely terrible down here." " How was work?" " Fine." "What are you doing?" "It's just some stuff from the old job." "I thought maybe I could sell it." " Old tools." " That's great." "I lost my job." "You wanna grab something to eat?" "There's something I wanna talk to you about." "Hello." "It's probably just someone pushing all the buttons." "Does that happen a lot?" "What do you want to talk to me about?" "It's Mara." "Stop it." "Are you gonna leave her out there?" "Yes, I'm gonna leave her out there." " Oh." " Hey." " Hi." "Sorry I didn't hear." "Did you buzz?" "Oh, yeah, no." "Sorry." "I was just in the neighborhood." "Oh, hi, Wyatt." "Hey." "I found this because I forgot to throw it away." "Oh." "Oh, cool." "I'll need it, is what you're saying?" "Okay, I should..." "I should go." "I'm sorry." "Can you... do you want to come in for a second?" "Just a second." "Okay." " Okay." " It's disgusting." "Yeah." "It's really healthy." "Oh, my god." "Dude." "What's your favorite... what?" "Oh, it's..." "It's really lame." "It's..." "Well, I mean, hopefully if they follow the Isaac Asimov rules, then everything would be okay, but that, that requires that we actually program them properly." "But anyway, let's stop talking about this." "Because I'm..." "Enough, enough." "That's your favorite novel?" "That or "lord of the rings" tied." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Why anything that isn't black tea?" "Okay, hold on." "I know this amazing place on Norman that has incredible tea." "Plus it comes in a fancy tin." "I'll go get it, okay?" "It doesn't matter." "You need to go?" "No." " Cool." " Okay." "Is Sandy okay?" "Oh, she asked about you actually." "She's different than you might think." "Awkward." "Hey, I got a phone message the other day from someone." "At first I didn't know who it was." "Weird." "You don't know who that could be, right?" "I don't think it was her." "This is gonna sound weird, but..." "Do you ever hear anything that's not there?" "Actually, I do." "I get kind of a choir." "It comes and goes, just a couple times a week." "It's a neurological thing." "My mom had it too, except for her, it's jazz that she just couldn't switch off." "She, she thought it was, um, some annoying, angelic jazz band but I think it's just my brain playing tricks." "Besides, if it was angels, they'd be in tune." "You have perfect pitch?" "Maybe." "Sing something." " Ahh." " "B" flat." "I just made that up." "Hey, has Christian ever showed you the roof, or the basement?" "They're pretty cool." " Really?" " Yeah." "You want to check them out, instead of awkwardly waiting?" "Okay." " Yeah." " Yeah." "Neato." "We're safe down here." "You guys could start a band down here." "I've been getting the supplies, just like you said to in your messages." "Um, should, should we check out the roof?" "Oh, no." "They can't hear us down here." "Where are they?" " Um..." " How do they infect us?" "I know that you said they're vulnerable to acid." "I got sulfuric." "You're acting really weird." " Uh..." " Okay." "Just tell me, when is it gonna happen?" " I'm leaving." " I need help." "Move before I hurt you, Wyatt." "Mara had to leave." "Don't worry about it." "Okay." "What happened?" "Okay, let me take off my jacket." "Wyatt, this..." "Shh." "Okay." " Okay?" " Okay." "Wyatt, what happened with Mara?" "You need to toughen up." " Okay." "Hang on." "I knew this act of yours was bullshit." " The new you, you're fucking pathetic." " I'm fucking pathetic?" " Look at you." " Wake up." "This is real!" "Do you have any idea what they can do to you?" "Do you think this is easy?" "You fucking pussy." "Come on." "You're too late, soft boy." "Know that you cannot fight us." "You can feel us already, can't you?" "Inside your skull." "We believe you are special." "We need the soft ones, and you are the softest we have found." "When we pull you and your friend apart ventricle by ventricle" "and spread you out like a soft red tree, perhaps we will see why even when you had the chance, so many people did so little to stop us." "I love you, Wyatt." "♪ I'm going the road to sweet athy ♪" "♪ hurroo, hurroo" "♪ I'm going the road to sweet athy ♪" "♪ hurroo, hurroo hurroo ♪" "♪ we're going the road to sweet athy... ♪" "So, I'm thinking about inventing this food that's literally just balls of bacon that you eat with your hands." "Can you just slice some cheddar?" "I knew I got my ax for a reason." "So I would get these phone messages at night." "You know, it was nightmares, I guess." "I got one last night, but I hung up." "Is that pancake mix, too?" "So, last year I tried to kill myself, and I went to talk to this guy, just one time, and I called him about you." "He's awesome." "He has a parrot in his office." "When do I see him?" "Tomorrow." "Make sure you wear a straightjacket." " Sorry." " That's okay." "One matching luxury axe, and vintage hatchet set." "That's good." "All-American." "Hold on a sec." " Yeah?" " Yeah." " Then why did you buy them?" " It just turned out the project I needed them for didn't happen, so." "I just want to make sure that Christian and Mara can be okay." "And I'm leaving tomorrow so..." "Look at me." "I'm Sandy I almost died." "And now I got a pillow on my neck." "Is that supposed to be funny Wyatt, or psycho Wyatt?" "I know Mara has her own thing, but she really liked your stupid buddy." "Yeah, he likes her too." "What was it, anyway?" "CIA tapping your brain?" "You got bugs under your skin?" " It wasn't... it was nothing." " Killing zombies?" "Were they cloning you, Wyatt?" " It was nothing." "Come on, you don't have to be a bitch, just tell me." " Like, what, what the fuck was that about?" " I thought..." " I mean, just tell me." "I thought people were turning evil." "If you ever do anything like that to a friend of mine ever again," "I'm gonna fucking kill you." "I'm gonna fucking kill you." "You probably should." "Hi." "Don't be scared." "Touch me, and I will rip your face out of your spine." " I just wanted to say... -what?" "Sorry for taking you to a rapey basement?" "No, no, no." "It's not what you thought." " Christian's a really good guy." " Let me guess." "You two are really super nice guys, and you're just going through some stuff right now." "It's not Christian's fault." "I've been messing up his life," " and it's not his fault." "It's his fault for having a friend like you." "And tell him that it wasn't a seven, it was a three." "Mara, wait." "Ah!" "God damn it." "I'm sorry." "Please don't die." "Do you need to call an ambulance?" "Can you tell?" "Oh, come on." "Okay, come on." "It's freezing." "Oh, my nose." "Oh, no." "So, it's like some sort of anti-zombie bunker." " I get it." " Really?" "No." "Pack your bags." "Let's get out of the city." " Whoa." " I got a car." "We'll go up to some cabin somewhere, maybe up north by a lake." "What about your appointment?" "I called." "It's..." "I'm down for next week." "They just told me to avoid alcohol." " What are you doing?" " Signing up for the army." " Nice." " Yeah." "I kinda figured if anyone ever put a gun in my face," "I'd probably just piss myself and start crying." "I'd like to change that permanently." "Yeah, why don't you think about what a little?" "Fuck you." "Come on." "It'll be great." "Be careful." "Whew!" "You're seeing him again, aren't you?" "No, man." "No weapons." "See?" "I'm not killing anyone." "No worries." "Tell me what to do to help fight him." "I don't believe what you believe, but I know you believe it." "So just be honest with me, and you have to promise me not to kill anyone, okay?" " Don't mess with me." " I'm not." "There's a battle happening..." "Tonight." "At 6:00, gives us 40 minutes." "Let's do this noise." " Grab your clothes." " Okay." "Grab your, grab your boots." " Grab weapons." "Yeah." "Pack for the apocalypse, got it." " We got it." " We gotta..." "I'm excited." "Where are we going?" "To parents' place in north Carolina." "It starts in the city, so we have to get out, and meet them, and we have to protect them." "They don't live down there anymore." "Mom's in Canada." "You got the keys?" "Hey, Wyatt, where'd you get this car?" " Get back inside." " Why?" "Because it's starting early." "Give me your cell phone." "" "We can be safe down here." "We just have to keep our heads, and be ready for them if they find us." " I blacked out the windows." " Tell me what you saw." "What made you sure this time?" "I would love to explain everything, but we don't have time." "Hey." "Tell me." "I went to go see Mara for you." "They got to her." "She turned into an alien?" "Mara was good, but it's like an infection that comes in through your eyes or your ears." "And then goes to your brain." "It's not peoples' fault." "What'd you see?" "What'd you see?" "Her face started twisting, and then her smile started spreading out farther than a smile's supposed to, all the way past her ears." "And then her head split in two, and there was this thing there." "You know what I thought?" "That we're all alone." "You hurt her?" "I made it back and found you." "When's this thing start?" "Six minutes." "Let's sing a song." "♪ I'm going the road to sweet athy ♪" "♪ hurroo, hurroo" "♪ I'm going the road to sweet athy ♪" "♪ a stick in me hand and a drop in me eye ♪" "♪ a doleful damsel I heard cry ♪" "♪ Johnny, I hardly knew ye ♪" "♪ a doleful damsel I heard cry ♪" "♪ Johnny, I hardly knew ye ♪" "♪ with your drums and guns and drums and guns ♪" " ♪ hurroo, hurroo" " Christian." "Christian." "Stop, please." "Can you take off the mask?" "Whew!" "You want me to be honest?" "You think I'm one of them." " Tie me up." " Why would you want me..." "Because, yes, it's really scary to trust you right now, but that's what this is, so, trust me because I trust you." "Okay." "♪ I'm happy for to see you home all from the island of Sulloon ♪" "♪ so low in flesh, so high in bone ♪" "♪ Johnny, I hardly knew ya" "Christian, they take over your mind with their eyes," "and maybe their voice." "How much longer?" "Four minutes." "Go for it." "Open wide." "You okay?" "Mm." "Sorry." "It's okay." "Please, stop." "Wyatt?" "Wyatt?" "Sulfuric acid." "Trust no one." "Even before you were one of the blessed, you could sense them." "You knew they were out there." "Suddenly, they were right next to you." "That is not a soldier, with a gun." "That is evil." "That is not your co-worker." "That is a demon." "That is not a human, not a neighbor, not a friend, not a lover." "A brother, mother, a father, a wife." "That is a monster." "That is your enemy." "And that is what you must be ready to destroy." "Well, I didn't piss myself after all." "Hey, it occurred to me that we never hugged."