Yeah. Every year, they pick twenty four children between the ages of twelve and eighteen. She was one of the younger ones. Our world is a horrible place.

[He pauses as well, trying hard to stop his voice from growing thick as well. Instead, there's anger leaking into his tone, despite his effort to stop that from becoming evident as well.]

I told her it was illegal, and the police or the government wouldn't let it happen a second time here. But I'm still not going to let her get hurt, no matter how wrong I was.