(FW) Something I realized about Mira

In the beginning of FW when Mira is helping Violet get registered for the parapet, the person who recognizes her in line says she received the Order of the Talon for her part in the Battle of Strythmore. Later in the book, one of the pre-chapter quotes comes from a letter of recommendation for Mira to receive a medal for her valor in the battle. She destroyed a battery behind enemy lines and saved an entire company of infantry. They recommended she receive the Star of Navarre, but, if the military brass didn’t think she qualified for that, then “downgrading” it to the Order of the Talon would be “a shame, but sufficient”. That letter was addressed to General Sorrengail. That means that General Sorrengail denied her own daughter the Star of Navarre. At this point I don’t think any of us are surprised, but damn, that’s cold.