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Your fist curls around the flag's pole and you hoist it off the ground in triumph, waving it over your head. As you do so, you hear Norman's voice once more. "We lost!" he's saying. "I'm sorry…I just couldn't hold out for any longer than I could…"

Oh. Dejected, you just sit down on the ground, suddenly feeling more exhausted than you've ever been in your year and a half of boot camp. So close to victory, you think, not noticing that Ami and Jax are by your side now and helping you up. "C'mon, Wendell Dumein. It's just a training exercise," Jax says, brushing the dust off your suit in an attempt to console you.

It's at that moment that you notice that Morgan is in front of you, out of her suit and gesturing at you to come out of your suit, too. Your curiosity piqued, you do so and hop out in front of her.

The two of you stare at each other for a while.

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