[There's a long silence. While he makes an attempt to gather his thoughts together into something he wants to say. Something he can say. And when he does speak, it's quiet.]

We were excited. It was everything we were hoping for, out there. Everything according to plan.

And then... lights in the sky. Things coming down... we were running.

[A shake of his head. He pushes his hand through his hair.]

Prom was -- we were happy. And together and... then monsters came out of the sky all over again. Nothing we did helped. We couldn't fight them this time, either.