"Huge one," Raleigh agrees. "My version of the world, monsters rise up out of the Pacific and attack the shore. It's not a place you want to be, in the kaiju kill zone. It's exactly where I threw myself. If there's one thing I can't stand, it's sitting back and doing nothing. As soon as the defense corps started up, my brother and I volunteered."

Ranger school back then had been a bunch of hopefuls with no idea what they were getting into. Raleigh had just wanted a chance to fight back, to do what he was best at with the person he loved most. It'd turned out to be the perfect motivation and the perfect team.

"I'm always going to be the first one between people and danger, if I can help it."