Summary

Pages 17 – 27. The Pilot describes how, during the first three years of Samantha’s life, her desire to get back into the sky (the blue) grows and intensifies. She comments on how Eric tells Samantha that the sky is “where Mommy lives” (17), and how she tells Eric to stop because it is no longer true. Nevertheless, she cannot help becoming impatient to get back up there. Eric encourages her, and The Pilot again comments on how wonderful it is when they “fuck” (18).

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The Pilot goes to her Commander (a different one from the one she first reported to), and is pleased to learn that the Air Force is looking forward to her return. But then she becomes upset when she learns two things: she cannot have her old plane back, and she is to stay in America and become a drone pilot – as she puts...