And Flock Rule Number Two is, Don't argue with Max or you'll live to regret it." I spun and stomped out to the clearing, turning back for one last jab at Dylan. "And by the way, you clearly DON'T know me better than Fang does. Do you see Fang arguing with me? No, you do not." Fang rolled his eyes.

But if I could do anything? Maybe you would want to be able to save the world, the Voice said. Did you ever think of that? No. I frowned. Leave that to the grown-ups. But grown-ups are the ones destroying the world, the Voice said. Think about it.

Life can be like walking on a high wire. Falling seems a tiny misstep away.

Advanced life-forms, my seweet patootie. Jerks. Both of them.

At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall.

the next morning, fang and i broke up. now let me get this strait, i broke up with him. a split second after he broke up with me.

My name is Daniel, and this is the first volume of my life story, which, hopefully, will be a very long and distinguished one. Who should you read it? Very good question. Maybe because this is your planet, and you have a right to know what's actually happening on it.