Connor, Lev, and Risa, a girl on the run because her life was about to be budget cut from the shelter home, find themselves on the way to a safe haven for runaway unwinds. Disguised as cargo and with nothing to do but talk during the long journey, they find themselves on the topic of the Heartland war. The Heartland war was the conflict over abortion the divided the country and ultimately resulting in the bill of life, which makes unwinding legal instead of abortion. This part of the novel drags up the main theme. They question what are souls? Who has them? Do they persist after unwinding? One boy suggests that the soul just gets stretched very thin, causing the others to shiver at the possibility. They turn to ask Hayden, a softer spoken
