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== Part Three ==

=== Interlude I-1 ===

Ironsides sits at her desk, reading casualty reports and writing consolation letters to the families of killed pilots. She feels guilty about there being so many lost. Cobb comes in, lets her finish her letter, then confronts her about sending out improperly trained or underage pilots and getting them killed. Ironsides replies that it has to be done for the sake of protecting Alta. She then points out that Spensa arrived late to the recent battle, and Cobb retorts that her restrictions have forced Spensa to live in a nearby cave instead of the barracks. Ironsides then comments that Spensa's helmet readings have confirmed that she has a "defect", and needs to be driven out of the DDF. Cobb says that he will give Spensa a personal radio so that they can be in contact. As he turns to leave, the two muse on others who have died in the past, and what they would do in Ironsides's positon

 

=== Chapter 20 ===

Spensa arrives five minutes late to class the next day, still shocked at Bim and Morningtide's deaths. She notices that while everyone else is present, Cobb and Kimmalyn have yet to arrive. Nedd asks her to say a few lines on being brave and defiant, but Spensa tells him that they feel like empty platitudes. FM gives her a squeeze on the shoulder, and Spensa thinks about how little she knows about her flightmate. Jorgen gets up and recites an awkward speech on their flightmates' deaths, reading notes off his hand. Cobb comes in and orders them to practice tandem maneuvering without bringing up the deaths, causing Spensa to snap at him. Kimmalyn finally arrives, puffy-eyed, and climbs into her seat. Instead of turning on the projector as usual, Cobb makes a comment on feeling less like a teacher and more like a munitions loader sending cadets off to die, something he believes his old teacher Mara would've said, looking unusually vulnerable. Spensa then talks about how her father told her to claim the stars, and that she will fight defiantly until she joins Bim and Morningtide in the stars. The other cadets are stunned into silence. After a few moments, Cobb tells them to start practicing. Spensa puts on her helmet and notes that the diodes are warm, which Cobb explains as medics still trying to get a reading on whether she'll be like her father.