"I don't know what to think," Evan admitted, sighing and resisting the urge to just bury his face in Ozzy's fur. "I've heard so many people say so many things, it's all just becoming one twisty lump."

He scuffed his toe against the crystal sand underfoot.

"I'm starting to wonder if everyone's wrong, and it's really just as simple as 'once a monster, never a hero.'"