You've got no power over it. Kinda like a fish trying to stop the tide. It just can't be done. No, I didn't kill it. I couldn't kill it.
Nothing's that bad.
Not some stupid turtle. There was nothing stupid about it. Trust me, boy. There are some things on this earth that are greater than a man, and you don't ever want to come face to face with any one of them. Nick's face contorted into a look of smug certainty that belonged only to those under twelve.