Seeing Grey
The screen in which The Pilot peers each day is a metaphor for how war exists in a grey zone within reality. How things are achieved through acts which are not moral or legal in the confines of everyday society.
A Second Drone
The Commanding Officer had put a second drone on to watch over The Pilot. This is a metaphor that the C.O. knew that The Pilot was having difficulties and did nothing to help her, and instead waited until she did what he expected her to do, disobey orders.
Pink Ponies
Sam lines her mother's bed with her pink ponies one morning, which The Pilot awakens to. This is a metaphor that while The Pilot is seeing the world with the grey eyes of war, there is vibrant life that surrounds her, and she is struggling to do so.
Crosses
The Pilot discovers crosses in the desert when she stops on her way home from work. This becomes a metaphor for the dead which are buried far away from the public eye.
Exhausted
The Pilot has a week off from working the war and she plans to spend it with Sam but ends up sleeping the entire time. This is a metaphor for the deep drains on ones emotional, mental and physical capacity. She is worn to the bone.
