ME: First chapter taking place from Gale's perspective in a while, readers.

Gale was shocked at all he had experienced from Enobaria's perspective. He had seen her become friends with a Mayor's daughter who was more or less an older and more militaristic version of Madge with a tan (undoubtedly from growing up in District Four, he realized, even though she didn't work on fishing boats), he was upset to see her be happy at the Third Quarter Quell, he saw her execute Cray and he saw her undergo a baptism by fire as well as so much more. It was as though he had experienced her memories himself, even though he never had committed any of those acts and never had control.

"We'll come back to this later," Enobaria told him.

Now they were in the Capitol; they stood before a monument/memorial for Squad 451.

"The Leeg twins-KIA. Defense Minister Boggs-KIA. Soldier Mitchell-KIA. Soldier Homes-KIA. Soldier and Squad Leader-even though Boggs was in command, she had the rank even though Thirteen claimed they weren't 'classist'-Jackson-KIA. Soldier Finnick Odair-KIA. Cameraman Castor-KIA. Assistant Messalla-KIA. Director Cressida-survived with no injuries. Cameraman Pollux-survived with no injuries. Soldier Peeta Mellark-WIA. Soldier Katniss Everdeen-WIA. Soldier Gale Hawthorne-WIA."

She glanced at him. "Each and every one of those KIAs died meaninglessly, Butcher."

Gale was shocked at her callousness. "How could you say that, Enobaria? They died fighting against the Capitol, they died liberating Panem!"

Through her helmet the Lieutenant emitted a world-weary sigh. "You foolish rebels proved to be horribly incompetent on a strategic level the moment you decided to invade the Capitol. You couldn't be satisfied with needlessly destroying the Nut, you had to invade a city filled with defenseless civilians."

"War is hell," he shot back. "We had to take down the Capitol before Snow could strike back!"

Enobaria slapped him, and his cheek stung. "Don't tell me war's unpleasant, I was a Girl in White. I know what it's like to collect dog tags from my fallen subordinates, to fear a bullet penetrating my helmet or chest or an artillery shell or bomb blowing me up. And that's all the more reason not to expose others to the horrors of war."

She took off her helmet and looked Gale in the eye. "The Capitol had no industry whatsoever necessary to run a country. You could have easily maintained a siege and wait for them to run out of food and surrender. Same for the Nut, or at least offer us a chance to surrender first. Snow had three options when you took Two: Surrender and hope they didn't subject him to a flamethrower execution like Cray. Flee to a bunker and live out the rest of his life. Or put a bullet through his brain."

"He could've nuked us-."

She interrupted him: "And get nuked himself? You naive, moronic hillbilly! If he wanted to commit suicide, he'd have just blown his brains out rather then risk a slow and painful death by radiation."

Enobaria leaned into Gale's face. "You already saw Prim die with all the other children, time to see your squadmates go out."

Leeg 2 was the first casualty. A taller then average blonde at 5'10 with blue eyes, she hit a mislabeled pod and was fatally wounded by a dart for her troubles. Her last thought as she died was remembering playing with her twin sister.

Mitchell, an older soldier, was the next fatality for Squad 451. Peeta, in a hijacking-induced state of rage, nearly attacked Katniss only to be tackled by him. The brainwashed blonde-haired youth threw Mitchell off him, where he fell into a barbed wire net trap before dying of tar.

Boggs died next. His legs were blown off by a pod, and he bled out after transferring his Holo to Katniss. His only regret was that he wouldn't see his son grow up.

Messalla's demise was caused by an agonizingly painful golden light weapon that melted his flesh off like candle wax; he was the first of the propo crew to die.

Soldiers Leeg 1 and Jackson were the fifth and six fatalities of the Star Squad. Jackson was killed reloading, while Leeg 1 was actually relieved to be reunited with her sister in death.

Homes, Finnick and Castor were the final deaths. Castor ran out of bullets and was able to kill one of the mutts with his bayonet before being overwhelmed. Finnick went down using his trident, while Homes was able to pull a grenade pin before dying; it proved to be a dud, but Katniss used Boggs's Holo to render that irrelevant.

"Nine people died, Hawthorne," Enobaria said. "Six from Thirteen, two from the Capitol and one from Four. All had hopes and dreams, loved ones. Did you honor their unnecessary sacrifice and live a good life?"

ME: I got the idea of the Interludes being from Enobaria's perspective but shown to Gale (quite literally being placed in her shoes) from T.J.98, one of the better fanfic authors I've had the pleasure of working with. So y'all have him to thank.