Everything about them was terrifying, they were like us but stronger, faster, bigger, better. They held a form of power over us, just with their very existence. Nobody prepared for the day that they landed, we thought their messages had been a hoax. We ignored them, and took them as a natural phenomenon. We didn't think that we were weak enough to have everything taken from us, for us to not be in control. '' "So Lia, why did you, you know, drink during the school day?" I chuckled, "because it makes me feel a little bit less sad, and a bit more relaxed." He nodded, I didn't think he would understand, I was correct. "Aren't you too young to do that?" "Yeah."