Chapter 56"Humanity?" The sick feeling in my stomach got worse. "The poison you want to stop is humanity?" "Of course," said Cassandra. "They're the ones polluting the air, water, and land, aren't they? They're the ones killing Landkind." "Pouring millions of gallons of poison into my Mississippi," said Solomon. "Into all the rivers and lakes and streams and oceans." "Even reaching into my Badlands with their toxins." Cassandra's voice was a hateful hiss. "Murdering all the desolate, beautiful places." "It's kill or be killed." Solomon nodded grimly. "We have to cleanse the Earth now, while we still can. Start over or die trying." My heart hammered in my chest at the thought of it. The enormity of it. They were talking about wiping humankind from the face of the Earth. It

