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“It’s Mom’s idea, really,” Tom says. “She said, ‘you know, you don’t have to die just because some people think your existence is evil.’ And I thought, ‘wow. That should totally be our Code.’”

Edmund gives a little grin.

“Exactly so,” he says.

“Wow,” says Jane. She tilts her head. She looks off into the distance. “That is a good motto.”

“Do you —” says Linus. “I mean, you, I mean, do you kill and eat people?”

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