Summary

In Chapter 25, June narrates from the first person point of view as she, Kaede, and Day fly into the Republic. As they cross the warfront between the Republic and the Colonies, Kaede joins a formation of Colonies jets. June looks below her and sees airships firing at each other. A voice comes over the radio that she identifies with a Colonies accent and tells Kaede to land. Kaede points out two jets following them and tells them over the radio that she is going to “shoot [them] out of the sky” (331). Kaede kills the jet’s engines and it dives towards the ground. June briefly blacks out and then thinks to herself that they are going to crash. Kaede restarts the jet and flies upwards, losing the pursuing airships. Republic jets begin to follow the ship as they approach...