[ Just looking at her makes him feel exhausted. Glancing a flinch off of her expression, he eventually takes a seat too. Though he remains fairly neutral, it's easy to pick up on his inability to really stay closed off. ]

It's a lot to take in. I've had all this time, and some of it still sounds too incredible to believe, when I try to explain it.

[ Leaning backwards, he looks down, pressing one of his thumbs into his opposite palm. ]

The news tried to gloss over it at first. When nothing really big or dangerous happened. Like these little creatures that appeared all over, making normal animals look weird. Things that were easy to just write off, if you weren't looking. But it's like both sides are trying to push back without being noticed now, only it's impossible. We're...

[ ...just not equipped for stealth at the moment; that required time, knowledge, and discipline. He leaves that sentence to hang, before moving on. ]

I don't know what the news is trying to do, but it's a lie. They're trying to cover up how big this is getting, and who's involved. Our — enemy. [ A face. ] Our enemy, they have resources on the inside like that. The news, the police, even the military.