"Yeah. They know they’re different, too. They know that something happened to them, down in that salt mine. But they think it was a holy revelation. The spirit flew into their heads—they call it the ‘second-born spirit,’ or ‘the born-again spirit." ’ Fontenot removed his hat and wiped his brow. "When I first found this place, I spent most of a day here, talking to this one old guy—Papa Christophe, that’s his name. Kinda their leader, or at least their spokesman. This guy is a local biggie, because this guy has really got a case of whatever-it-is. See, the spirit didn’t take on ’em all quite the same. The kids don’t have it at all. They’re just normal kids. Most of the grown-ups are just kind of muttery and sparkly-eyed. But then they’ve got these apostles, like Christophe. The houngans. The wise ones."