He also keeps his silence when Bible passages become shredded to justify unwinding, and kids start to see the face of God in the fragments.

Hayden shouts, "To the new Teen Uprising!

But this isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is. -Connor

Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.

Then you'd better listen, because me sounding like Bronte is one of the signs of the apocalypse-and if the end fo the world is coming, good deeds could earn you Judgment day brownie points.

I don't know what happens to our consciousness when we're unwound," says Connor. "I don't even know when that consciousness starts. But I do know this." He pauses to make sure all of them are listening. "We have a right to our lives!" The kids go wild. "We have a right to choose what happens to our bodies!" The cheers reach fever pitch. "We deserve a world where both those things are possible— and it's our job to help make that world.

Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.