Lily grabs the paper airplane.

LILY: "Where did you hear that name?"

Jack looks surprised.

JACK: "Sky Captain?"

LILY: "That's what Daddy calls me!"

Jack nods.

JACK: "I gave you that name when you were a baby."

Lily's eyes widen.

Sarah watches silently.

JACK: "You loved looking at airplanes through the window. Even before you could talk, you'd wave whenever one flew over."

Lily hesitates.

LILY: "Mommy told me that story."

Jack smiles.

JACK: "She did?"

LILY: "A hundred times."

JACK: "Then I guess it's a good story."

Lily sits quietly for a moment.

Then she looks up.

LILY: "Can you make an airplane with one hand?"

Jack glances down at his empty sleeve.

JACK: "I'm still learning how to do lots of things with one hand."

He places a fresh sheet of paper on a table beside the bench.

Using his left hand and the edge of his notebook to hold the paper, he begins folding.

The first fold is uneven.

The second slips loose.

The paper falls.

Jack sighs.

Lily watches.

LILY: "You're doing it wrong."

JACK: "I think you're right."

He tries again.

And again.

Finally, he produces a lopsided paper airplane.

He holds it up proudly.

JACK: "What do you think?"

Lily studies it.

LILY: "It's crooked."

Jack laughs.

JACK: "Very crooked."

For the first time, Lily giggles.

Jack sends the airplane forward.

It flies only three feet before crashing into a chair.

Lily laughs harder.

LILY: "That's the worst airplane ever!"

JACK: "Well, Sky Captain, I think I need a copilot."

The word copilot makes Lily freeze.

She looks toward Sarah.

LILY: "Mommy… that's what Daddy says in the bedtime recording."

Sarah nods.

SARAH: "Yes, sweetheart."

Lily turns back toward Jack.

LILY: "Can you say it again?"

Jack smiles.

JACK: "I need my copilot."

Lily's eyes fill with tears.

She recognizes the words.

The rhythm.

The warmth.

The voice she has heard through a speaker for years.

But she still cannot bring herself to say the word Daddy.

CHAPTER END HOOK: Lily whispers:

LILY: "You sound like him… but I need to hear the song."