"Yes it is," Eliza responded stiffly. "Veronica, we didn't start this war. But we've been isolated from our world, attacked without cause and murdered in the streets. We've abided by human rules, and we're losing our lives. It's us that the Purity is after. Not the United States and not the World Council . . . just us. And we can't even open the portal to go home because if we do, the Purity will have enough power to use The Dead Man's World. You think THEY will stop short of genocide if they have the option?"

"No . . . no I don't. But that's what's supposed to make...