Don't call it a comeback

[Greggory Lennox]

Many of them like to go out of their way to show their superiority.
Jem says it's because they're normally born from the dredges of society.

[Aldon Huang]

OH you mean they're show-offs
I always wondered why they did that... Guess it makes sense.

I always just thought that they were jerks because they get to live forever and the rest of us don't.

[Greggory Lennox]

There are worse things that live a lot longer. Hunters can't kill everything.

[Aldon Huang]

Like those monsters from the legends? Or the ancient ones... or whatever they call them

[Greggory Lennox]

Exactly.

[Aldon Huang]

Why can't we just leave those things alone?!

[Greggory Lennox]

We are. You and I aren't getting involved.

[Aldon Huang]

But

But my friends
And family...

What about them?

[Greggory Lennox]

It would be best if they weren't around.
My best analogy for this is that we're sitting on a nest of ants, right? The hunters are coming in with the sprays but the ants aren't going to just die, they're going to scatter and defend themselves.

[Aldon Huang]

...did you just call my friends and family ants??

[Greggory Lennox]

Sorry. That's not what I meant.

[Aldon Huang]

We're not ants...
We're people

Can't I warn somebody? At least if they know, they can prepare for it!

[Greggory Lennox]

I know that. I was trying to explain the ancient ones but I did a terrible job.

Who would you warn? I think it'd be better to stop the hunters at this point.
But there are a lot of them.

[Aldon Huang]

Wouldn't the ancient ones be like giant ants with superpowers?? And the hunters would be like tiny people trying to kill the giant ants?

I mean with all the stories about the ancient ones I feel like we should be warning the hunters first. Hahaha...
If they're true!

And
How would the hunters even wake up the ancient ones anyway?! All the legends say that they're hiding or sleeping or something

[Greggory Lennox]

I am not very good at this.

The hunters aren't trying to awaken the ancients.
Somebody in Hazleton is.