"Claire nodded. “It looks so peaceful out there,” she agreed. “Even with the untamed wild, there seems to be an organized chaos. It’s almost a shame to disrupt it.”
“We’re humans,” Derrin commented. “Disrupting ecosystems is what we do.”
This line occurs near the end of the first chapter. I feel like it’s a nice, reactionary statement that helps set the tone and conflict for the rest of the novel.