How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Connor knows his situation calls for justified caution—not just tonight, but for the next two years. Then once he turns eighteen, he's home free. (1.1.66)
There's an arbitrary cutoff for unwinding, and it's eighteen years old. Connor's idea is to run away and hide until then, when he'll be exempt from the procedure.
Quote #2
When, she wonders, did she stop being a child? The law says it was when she turned eighteen, but the law doesn't know her. (2.9.1)
Despite what the law says, it seems that some people are teenagers mentally a lot longer than their age says they are.
Quote #3
If they catch her, she's obliged to keep the baby—that's part of the Storking Initiative too—but if they open the door and find nothing but the child, it's "finder's keepers" in the eyes of the law. Whether they want it or not, the baby is legally theirs. (2.9.9)
Oh good—the government has turned babies into a game. It's like an Easter egg hunt, except nobody wants to find anything and there's no sweet giant chocolate rabbit at the end.