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Hi again, Sunny,

Yes, I remember that. It was scary-threatening, and it was meant to be. It says (without actually saying it) that a 14-year-old is old enough to rebel against the Serenity life, and start questioning what’s going on, thereby spoiling the life for the other kids, and ruining the whole experiment. “Weeded out” meant removed from the experiment, and there is really only one way that can happen. In other words, when the subject of an experiment is no longer useful to you, you terminate him/her.

For one reader, that could mean Malik and his “parents” moving away from Serenity. For another, it could mean the Bruders would move away and go on with their careers, and Malik would be killed.

I’m glad I didn’t have to write it that far!                                   —–GK—–