They're going to slaughter us all, Phil wants to say, but that's a little too melodramatic even for his taste, and it's not helpful right now. César doesn't need a panic attack right now any more than the rest of them.

So he tries everything he can to choke his fear.

"They'll kill us," he says. "They want our bodies and they're going to get them by killing all of us. We're--we're trying to fight them off, but if--if--"