Difference between revisions of "Spensa Nightshade"

|The rules of this classroom are simple. I teach. You learn. Anything that interferes with that is likely to get one of you killed.

|Cobb{{book ref|skyward|8}}

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|Sometimes I don’t feel like a teacher. I feel like a munitions man, reloading artillery. I stuff you into a chamber, fire you into the sky, then grab another shell…

|Cobb after Morningtide’s and Bim’s deaths.{{book ref|sky1|3}}

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When Spensa was in her cave, M-Bot’s sensors picked up a large force of Krell inbound, and Spensa hurried back to Alta Base. She arrived late to the battle, and joined the dogfight with the Krell. Morningtide died in battle, and soon after Bim got shot down as well.{{book ref|skyward|19}} Spensa and the others in Skyward Flight were still in shock the next day, and Cobb pushed them hard in training to keep them busy. Spensa later found Cobb watching a replay of the battle, and learned that Cobb had been the one to shoot down her father. He retold the story of her father’s cowardice, but his attitude hinted that the official story is false.{{book ref|skyward|21}}

|I have only the instincts of a warrior to guide me. You will not distract me from my current purpose, adversary. Though you have fought admirably, I will defeat you, then compose poetry for your funeral.

|Hesho to Spensa during their duel{{book ref|sky3|29}}

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|I could start as human, then allow myself to become something more. I was everything they feared. Because they refused to ever let themselves change, but I embraced change. It was the essence and nature of my strength.

|Spensa resisting the delvers in the lightburst{{book ref|sky3|43}}

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