Warner arrives looking stern, angry, and impatient. He takes James to see Rosa, who is in the hospital recovering. On the way, Warner tells James he will need to do more than apologize to make up for what he did, and tells him that he may never leave unannounced again. Warner is impressed by James’s resourcefulness in retrieving the chip from the squirrel but sees almost everything else he did as reckless and dangerous. When James sees Rosa lying in her hospital bed, he can hardly stand the sight of it.

James had to hold Rosa in the chopper after she passed out and until they landed. He continues to feel compelled to take care of her, though he isn’t sure why. Warner’s superhuman ability is the power to know what others are feeling, and he can tell that James has strong feelings for Rosa. He tries to destroy James’s “delusion” by reminding him that Rosa works for the enemy. There is no way of telling where her loyalties truly lie or what her motivation is, beyond the fact that her sister appears to be her main priority. Warner tells James to talk to Rosa, and James decides to bring food for her.

Rosa thinks she’s dreaming when she smells food, but then she opens her eyes and sees a plate of food and James sitting before her. James urges Rosa to eat, but she resists at first, knowing she is likely to get sick. Still, the thought of eating is enticing, and Rosa knows how much Clara would appreciate the chance to eat. Rosa attempts to eat some chicken, but all she can think of is Clara, and eventually, she throws up.

Rosa is in a shower now, and for the first time in years has a moment to herself. She enjoys the heat and the sound of the water and allows herself to think about the fact that she truly does hate the Reestablishment. She hates the New Republic as well, as both sides kill senselessly and think they’re right without compromise.

The nurse who helps Rosa out of the shower works with the Reestablishment and confirms that the next phase of the mission is complete. Rosa finds a coin in her shoe that becomes a hologram of a glass vial filled with black liquid. She is tasked with finding it. She also finds clean clothes and some snacks, including a chocolate bar, which she plans to save for Clara.

James is in a meeting with Kenji, Warner, and Juliette. They tell him that he will have to get close to Rosa, exploit her vulnerabilities, and find out as much as he can from her. She will be rehabilitated, and he will oversee her recovery. James feels strange about it all but has no choice but to agree if he wants to make up for scaring everyone by leaving.

Juliette is pregnant and cries out in pain suddenly, which sends Warner into a panic. (Because Juliette was forcibly sterilized by the experiments her own parents forced on her, the pregnancy has been difficult and terrifying.) Warner tells James that he should find out as much as he can about Rosa’s family history and the scar on her wrist. He warns James not to touch or get emotionally attached to Rosa, which James finds insulting. The two argue about who has had a more difficult upbringing until they are cut short by Juliette. James swears he doesn’t care about Rosa, and Warner essentially challenges him to prove it.

The New Republic’s headquarters is entirely underground, and James goes up aboveground to his home. Warner brings up Rosa, and James can’t reconcile the empathy he has for her with what she has done and where she comes from. Warner leaves James two binders filled with information on Rosa, and James leaves to read it.

Rosa takes part in mandatory group therapy, which to her is a farce and more unbearable than the interrogations she used to face back home. Some of the other participants don’t take the therapy seriously, and Rosa herself has no desire to open up about her own life. When the session ends, Rosa sees James standing at the exit, and powerful feelings overtake her—feelings that aren’t welcome.

Rosa instantly feels a need to be close to James. She keeps thinking about how eager and willing he was to go rescue Clara. She leads James to her room, which happens to be next to a man with a tendency to harass Rosa. James defends her by shoving the man into his room and closing the door.

In Rosa’s room, James waits as Rosa becomes lost in her thoughts. She remembers that when she first arrived, she searched the whole room for surveillance and found nothing. To her, this seems absurd and illogical. James tells Rosa he just wants to talk, and Rosa realizes that he makes her feel alive again after many years of being “dead inside.”

James cannot help but admire Rosa’s beauty. He notices every small detail about her, from the strands of hair that hang over her face to the few inches of space between her feet and the floor as she sits on the bed. He starts to become uncomfortably overwhelmed by his attraction to her and frustrated by her reluctance to answer even basic questions.

He suggests they get something to eat at the dining hall, but Rosa admits she doesn’t know where it is. She explains that she was waiting for her new sponsor to show her around. James admits that he is Rosa’s new sponsor. She isn’t sure how to take that news but follows James out for a tour anyway.

James takes Rosa to the dining hall, and she picks a single apple to eat. James’s heart aches as he watches Rosa look at the sandwiches and contemplate them. Rosa asks James why the New Republic willingly feeds prisoners, and he realizes how different their lives have been.

Rosa hates when James laughs at her, even in good humor, or when he can sense what she’s feeling based on her body language. She proves that, like him, she doesn’t need modern technology to know what’s going on under James’s surface. She tells him that his actions are often in direct contrast to his thoughts and feelings, and that deep within himself, he is angry, not laughing, at the state of the world.

James is thrown off by the realization that Rosa seems to be as interested in him as he is in her. Rosa admits that she was born into the life of an assassin, as decided by her parents, and James starts to wonder how Rosa’s family went from prestige to poverty.