R... right. So I think I've told you that I can turn into animals at home. We only got that power to fight against... creatures from another world. It...
... The war lasted for three years. For all but... a few months, really... it was basically just the six of us against an invading army. It... we were all teenagers, or the equivalent of a teenager in Ax's case.
It was... I think the hardest thing imaginable for any of us, but we kept going, because if we didn't try then humanity would be enslaved by these creatures.
But... but at the end... our last battle... the person who I -
[He breaks off for a second, looking offscreen and pressing a fist against his lips while he composes himself. His voice is still shaky when he speaks again, tears threatening to fall again.]
The person I cared about the most in the world... she... she died. I know... I know she was sent on that... part of the mission because she would get the job done, but I... I just... the world without her is just...
[He sniffs and wipes his face with his sleeve.]
They let me take her ashes. I don't... know what I'm going to do with them at home, but I... I know I'm going to probably end up just... living somewhere away from people. I don't know if I can face them anymore. I could... I could morph human and stay that way but I'd... miss the sky. And I don't think - life as a hawk is easier to deal with...
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... The war lasted for three years. For all but... a few months, really... it was basically just the six of us against an invading army. It... we were all teenagers, or the equivalent of a teenager in Ax's case.
It was... I think the hardest thing imaginable for any of us, but we kept going, because if we didn't try then humanity would be enslaved by these creatures.
But... but at the end... our last battle... the person who I -
[He breaks off for a second, looking offscreen and pressing a fist against his lips while he composes himself. His voice is still shaky when he speaks again, tears threatening to fall again.]
The person I cared about the most in the world... she... she died. I know... I know she was sent on that... part of the mission because she would get the job done, but I... I just... the world without her is just...
[He sniffs and wipes his face with his sleeve.]
They let me take her ashes. I don't... know what I'm going to do with them at home, but I... I know I'm going to probably end up just... living somewhere away from people. I don't know if I can face them anymore. I could... I could morph human and stay that way but I'd... miss the sky. And I don't think - life as a hawk is easier to deal with...