"The moment they're forced to fight on the battlefield's the moment they're adults. Holly's been a part of the base raid, and more fights besides that. Girl knows how to make goddamn tnt, for chrissake." Bryce pauses, then says "better a rifle then all this magic shit. Freaks me the hell out, all of it. I try not to scare the kids by showing it, but at least with a gun I can explain the rights and wrongs of it."