Verity would say that hers had also happened before any rules regarding cult-related kidnappings were in place, but that was a lie. That had been a Price rule since before she was born and the only reason she hadn't been grounded when it happened was because she hadn't been living at home.

"And then I'd probably have to break up with you for making my entirely colony sad," Verity sighed, as if it hadn't been her own idea.