Zack shook his head, trying to smile. It was a relief to hear that Tyler's dad was fine. And he hadn't asked anybody for permission to kill his mentor back home, so life was good again, see?

Oh, denial.

"You couldn't. There are too many people who are too strong, who care too much about this place to let something like that happen. This is the closest some people have to a family, or to a home. They'll protect that with everything they've got in them."