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I'm talking about the Cassie I was before the Arrival, before the Others parked their alien butts in high orbit. … When I cry—when I let myself cry—that's who I cry for. I don't cry for myself. I cry for the Cassie that's gone. (2.23)
Cassie grieves for her former self—her pre-invasion self—like she was someone who died. In a way, she did.