"I just think it's dumb, and people use it to back up their arguments all the time like everyone agrees with them on stuff we can't prove. Orc was really into it, though." Howard hesitates. "I mean, no offense if you're religious. I just never pegged you as the type."

"The one in the science department, I think. This is the brains who's supposed to grow cell clusters and clone body parts for us," Howard says. "It's just like, no one bothered to step back a minute and think about the fact that yeah, I probably already knew what a lynch mob is and didn't need it explained to me. How dumb do they have to be?"