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  1. Oct 2024
    1. With the Commander I close my eyes, even when I am only kissing himgoodnight. I do not want to see him up close. But now, here, each time, I keepmy eyes open.

      Direct juxtaposition between the Commander and Nick

    2. Who?" she whispers back. "That shit you're with? I've had him, he's thepits."

      Refreshing reminder of the other side of the commander -- that he is a womanizer.

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  2. Sep 2024
    1. It's a juvenile display, the whole act, and pathetic; but it's something Iunderstand

      Something childlike in the commander, which is disturbing given the amount of power and control he has. Recalling her previous life with Luke, with others, old America.

    2. I think I lost control then, a little. Razor blades, I said. Books, writing,black-market stuff. All the things we aren't supposed to have. Jesus Christ,you ought to know. My voice was angrier than I'd intended, but he didn't evenwince

      The commander doesn't even know the conditions that he created. Like a child playing with and ruining his dolls.