Independence Day/Tear Jerker

• This exchange:

Patricia: Mommy's sleeping now?
Whitmore: Yeah. Mommy's sleeping now.

• • The fact that she immediately crawls into his arms and hugs him tells you that even at all of six years old, she knows exactly what he really means. After all, if you recall his first family scene, you know they think he's a terrible liar.
• The look on Hiller's face when he finds out that the air base where his fiancee and stepson were headed has been destroyed. They're alive, but he doesn't know that, and they have a similar reaction when they think he's been killed.
  • The novel features an extra scene just before the counterattack briefing. Hiller tries to call Jasmine and his parents. All he keeps getting is "All circuits are busy". He then starts to blame himself for not taking Jasmine with him, leading to his determination to make the aliens pay.

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