- An hour later, Max feels somewhat better; the flock works to make a camp for the night and to find some food.
- She tells them all that she's fine, but inwardly Max is worried—the problem with being a hybrid is that their spliced genes often unravel after a while, and the hybrids end up having a lower life span.
- Even Erasers only live about six years. Max has no idea how long her life expectancy is, but she's worried that this pain in her head is a sign that she'll soon die.
- As she thinks about this, though, Angel comes to her and says that she learned a secret while she was kept prisoner at the School. It's about where they all came from.