Sam snorted. "They treat you differently if you're anywhere within in the span of an average, mortal life." All of the higher-ups in LA had been Elders, at the very least. No one fewer than 100 years allowed.

Ironically, those had been the first to bite the metaphorical dust. Too set in their ways, too ill-equipped to adapt and change to new circumstances.

"You're right. It's like being a kid or a teenager. Just on a crazy-ass scale."