How It All Goes Down
"First Jumper – Tris!"
- Four checks his watch, waiting for the first initiate to jump.
- Lauren bets him it'll be a Dauntless-born who jumps first.
- Four balks at this bet. Balks! "It's always a Dauntless born. No bet." (5.12)
- He should have bet: the first jumper tumbles into the net. It's a small girl, "A Stiff" (5.17) which is unheard of.
- Four says there were no Abnegation transfers since him, two years ago.
- He asks the girl her name.
- She thinks about it, and Four feels connected to her. He also had to think of a new name.
- She says it's Tris, and he makes the announcement. "First jumper—Tris!" (5.26)
- Then he welcomes her to Dauntless.