[ What else is he supposed to say? He's not sure. His mom did her best to prepare him for this eventuality but---it's different when he's face to face with it now. With him now, especially after all that's already happened back home. ]

She told me and I've seen it first hand. [ His jaw clenches as he mulls over the words. He's had a similar conversation with someone else recently. Even brought up Kyle. ] A machine came after me when I was 12.

That was five years ago, now. We tried to stop Judgement Day from happening but we just postponed it. We've been trying to find other ways to stop it. Take the fight to them instead of just hiding.