Kylie got puzzled, then she asked him, "Me?"

"Yes," Ethan replied. "You. And you were the first woman I encountered that I did not feel the urge to attack. At the time, you were fighting with a few boys. Your school uniform was mixed with muddy water and blood. Although you had been beaten miserably, you were still aggressive. Before then, I had only known weak women, but you showed me how strong a woman could actually be."

Kylie did not know what to say.

"But when I saw you," he continued, "I ...