Already she is impressed with this girl, which is a queer sorta of crushing excitement Katniss has never adjusted to. As she and Haymitch, a dinosaur now that she was beginning to believe would never die, still stood as the only District 12 mentors, it was an excitement she knew she shouldn't invest in. It was a hope that was simultaneously hoping for the death of 23 others.
It would never sit right.
But here was a girl who, without a word from either mentor, was already performing. And protecting herself. Because that was what the performance really was, wasn't it?
Gray clouds, like the flat low clouds that promised heavy snow in the winter, studied the girl silently, long enough to stretch into discomfort.
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Date: 2017-01-31 04:48 pm (UTC)Already she is impressed with this girl, which is a queer sorta of crushing excitement Katniss has never adjusted to. As she and Haymitch, a dinosaur now that she was beginning to believe would never die, still stood as the only District 12 mentors, it was an excitement she knew she shouldn't invest in. It was a hope that was simultaneously hoping for the death of 23 others.
It would never sit right.
But here was a girl who, without a word from either mentor, was already performing. And protecting herself. Because that was what the performance really was, wasn't it?
Gray clouds, like the flat low clouds that promised heavy snow in the winter, studied the girl silently, long enough to stretch into discomfort.
"Do you want to win?" She finally asked.
It was, after all, the most important question.