It's probably a different world. As far as I know, there were never alien invasions before my friends and I were brought into the fight. It was big news when the city was suddenly under attack every week.

[He sighs for days gone by]

It was supposed to be the sort of thing that only happened in fiction. I couldn't believe that it happened, never mind that it chose me of all people.

But I'm glad I could become a protector.