Summary

Pages 38 – 43. After a month of work, “A month of grey / Of nothing / Of camera eye searching searching” (38), The Pilot forgets to take off her flight suit when she gets home, leading Eric to think she’s had a good day when, in fact, the opposite is the case. The Pilot takes a week off, at first determined to spend long-neglected time with Sam. They go to a nearby mall, where The Pilot imagines who is watching what passes in front of the security cameras there, thinking in particular about people in India.

Back home, Sam asks The Pilot to play with her and her “pink ponies” (39). The Pilot describes how she and Eric, in the past, have tried to get Sam interested in planes, but Sam is simply not interested. Later, Eric comes home from work and tells The Pilot everything about his day...