Claiming squatter's rights

Gale runs away from D2 because of all the triggering memories and ends up in D4, and the smell of the sea is the first thing that makes him truly forget the smell of the fires in the City Circle. He's never seen the ocean before.

Annie is pregnant and being taken care of by Asterid. Gale doesn't want to bump into Asterid, but Annie sees him, and comes to say thank you for him being part of rescuing her from the Capitol. He gets tongue tied (you see, he had a celebrity crush on her during her Games).

When Annie has the baby, Asterid makes sure to let Gale know. She can tell they're getting close, but Gale is keeping Annie at arms length. He's nothing like her perfect dead husband (Annie doesn't care. She wants him.)

Gale has younger siblings. He's good with the baby, he helps her adjust to being a parent. She teaches him how to swim. They keep accidentally kissing and having moments, and she forces him to realise that the war is over and they both deserve peace.

it takes 16 years for light from 40 eridani to reach earth plus the ~26 years it took for the hail mary to reach tau ceti and the beetles to return, that’s 42 years gone by.

i believe stratt was described as being in her mid to late forties which means that by the time light from 40 eridani reached earth, she would likely be around 90 years old.

Relationships Goal : I send you to die and let you haunt me in my mind. I see you in my loneliness, in the peripheral where you no longer exist.

Not only was Baker’s flag gorgeous, he had some fascinating and poignant ideas about what the colors he used symbolized.

You’re out of touch, I’m out of time.