Chapter 18: Hunting the HuntersGarner learned more about Alonzo’s unusual nature as a Vee from Zvi and Yaro, one evening when the pair lingered in the living room after dinner, when Alonzo, still in the recovery arc, had retired.
“Alonzo always was different,” Zvi told him. “He didn’t change his name when he underwent the Change.”
“What? Why would he change his name?”
Zvi looked at Yaro. Yaro said, “It’s traditional.”
“Why?”
Yaro shrugged. Zvi said, “I think it has something to do with establishing a kind of membership. And it’s not traditional,” he added, looking at Yaro. “It’s just something that’s pretty much always done.”
“Except for Alonzo,” Yaro said, looking at Zvi irritably.
“Hold on!” Garner said, cutting off an argument between the two Vees. “What’s the significance? I don
