`` be careful when you speak to her , '' i told the others . unless they 're on my side . '' it must have been wonderful to look down from afar at the clouds and mountains and deserts and oceans . `` i thought you had a right to know . it should n't hurt , because i knew this all along , but it did . jenna stood up , coming to stand beside me . then the rocket exploded off its stand with a loud pop , kicking up a clod of smoking dirt behind it . 