Jessica’s Fear of Being Recruited Again

Missing You

This thread traces Jessica’s conflict between her desire to help people and her fear that renewed ability will once again make her available to institutions.

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Bearing strength in each event

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A Public Identity A Public Identity from "Missing You". A Public Identity The Lightning Girl Label After the lightning strike, Jessica becomes famous as “Lightning Girl,” the girl who finds missing people in dreams.

A Public Identity from "Missing You". A Public Identity The Lightning Girl Label After the lightning strike, Jessica becomes famous as “Lightning Girl,” the girl who finds missing people in dreams.

A Public Identity The Lightning Girl Label After the lightning strike, Jessica becomes famous as “Lightning Girl,” the girl who finds missing people in dreams. The press and a television show turn her unusual ability into a public identity. Her fame brings money and recognition, but it also reduces her to a function others can request. Jessica resents being watched and would rather be left unknown.

Service Becomes Obligation Service Becomes Obligation from "Missing You". Service Becomes Obligation The Government’s Need The Federal Bureau of Investigation brings Jessica into work locating people during the war.

Service Becomes Obligation from "Missing You". Service Becomes Obligation The Government’s Need The Federal Bureau of Investigation brings Jessica into work locating people during the war.

Service Becomes Obligation The Government’s Need The Federal Bureau of Investigation brings Jessica into work locating people during the war. She agrees because innocent lives are at stake, even though she is still a teenager. When remote searches fail to persuade teams, she travels to the field to direct them herself. The work expands her responsibility while making it increasingly difficult to refuse further demands.

Fear After the Loss Fear After the Loss from "Missing You". Fear After the Loss Escape from the Mission Trauma and nightmares end Jessica’s ability to sleep and dream.

Fear After the Loss from "Missing You". Fear After the Loss Escape from the Mission Trauma and nightmares end Jessica’s ability to sleep and dream.

Fear After the Loss Escape from the Mission Trauma and nightmares end Jessica’s ability to sleep and dream. The government sends her home, but home does not restore the person she was before the war. Jessica’s gift disappears alongside her capacity to keep serving. The loss brings grief, but it also seems to offer a way to escape the endless demands made of her.

A Return Without Permission A Return Without Permission from "Missing You". A Return Without Permission A Choice Before an Institution Can Ask Jessica’s ability returns through a dream of Hannah.

A Return Without Permission from "Missing You". A Return Without Permission A Choice Before an Institution Can Ask Jessica’s ability returns through a dream of Hannah.

A Return Without Permission A Choice Before an Institution Can Ask Jessica’s ability returns through a dream of Hannah. Her first reaction is not to contact Cyrus Krantz but to decide whether to help Rob herself. The choice matters because she acts before anyone recruits her. She takes responsibility for one person while keeping control over how far the search will go.

Freedom to Decline Freedom to Decline from "Missing You". Freedom to Decline A Different Offer Cyrus tells Jessica that her abilities are hers to use or not use and that she has already done more than enough.

Freedom to Decline from "Missing You". Freedom to Decline A Different Offer Cyrus tells Jessica that her abilities are hers to use or not use and that she has already done more than enough.

Freedom to Decline A Different Offer Cyrus tells Jessica that her abilities are hers to use or not use and that she has already done more than enough. He offers a place on his team without threats or guilt. Jessica realizes that her fear of being compelled need not govern every future decision. She declines a return to government work and chooses teaching, while remaining open to helping on her own terms.

Before the opening scene

During the War on Terror

After her return from Afghanistan

The morning Hannah’s location comes to Jessica

After Cyrus Krantz visits her home