A classroom . People trying to stick me in classrooms was becoming as predictable and annoying as people trying to kill me, but with less-fun results.

Max - you have a bigger mission than finding the flock's parents. Focus on helping the whole world, not just your friends. I held my wings steady, coasting for a long, long way on a warm updraft. It was like floating on a cloud, the best feeling you can imagine. I wish you could try it with me. Maybe next time. You know, Voice, I thought finally, my friends are my world.

"You were designed to be very smart, Max," she told me. "We electrically stimulated your synaptic nerve endings while your brain was developing." "And yet I still can't program my DVD player," I said.

Love between two people can last a long time if the people love themselves some, and are ready to give love to another person.

I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.

I'll just ask now: What is it about my persona that draws every insane, power-hungry nutcase to me like a magnet?

You know, when you're right, that's all you get to be.