Most people have two emergency modes. Fight and Flight. But Conner always knew he had three. Fight, Flight, and Screw Up Royally.

Tranq'd by your own gun,"Lev says."How pathetic.

Can I believe in that God too?

You'll feel a tingling in your chest," says a surgeon. "It's nothing to worry about.

Perhaps, thought Talon, there was a path in between. A way to shed their ignorance without losing their souls.

...if more people had been organ donors, unwinding never would have happened...but people like to keep what's theirs, even after they're dead.

But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel their own pain--and as awful as that is, it's also wonderful.