Includes Thea Hutcheson's "Operant Conditioning": When aliens abduct Thomas James off his bike, they don't interrogate him — they clicker-train him, the same way an animal behaviorist would train a dog. Paired with a fellow abductee who actually understands what's happening to them, Thomas has to decide whether resisting the process is rebellion, or just missing out on something bigger than his old, unremarkable life.