Effie can try all she wants but she's never going to succeed in convincing Katniss to leave the arrowhead behind. It's a reminder of the mistakes that she made in the arena. Everything that she should have done and never did. She deserves the pain and the ugliness of the scars that eventually form on palm of her hand. Only Gale seems to understand. Katniss will do everything that President Snow wants her to but she will never, ever let herself forget those mistakes.
Though she knows that Gale only has her best interests in mind when he scolds her, she scowls at him anyway. It's a small scowl, easy to gloss over by those who don't know Katniss well enough. Gale does. Secretly though, she appreciates the handkerchief he has ready and she's already doing her best to keep her bleeding hand away from the dress. Anything less than perfect in front of President Snow is dangerous and they have a long night ahead of them.
They're no Seam kids. The words are like a stab to her heart. She knows that he doesn't necessarily mean anything by it but she still thinks back to Peeta. And she thinks back to Mr. Mellark's words to her before she entered the arena. Everyone had been betting on her and not on the boy with the bread. No one will be betting on these kids. Gale's right; they'll be lucky if they get two days out of them.
"They'll need all the sponsors we can get," she says with absolutely no emotion attached to the words.
Katniss has yet to actually learn her lesson. Just like with the past three years, she'll do everything that she can to help these kids. It's almost as if in doing everything she can to help the merchant kids, she's atoning in a way that she can't when cutting herself with the arrowhead. Everything about the next few days will be a toll on her psyche, memories to later despise. But what other choice do they have?
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Though she knows that Gale only has her best interests in mind when he scolds her, she scowls at him anyway. It's a small scowl, easy to gloss over by those who don't know Katniss well enough. Gale does. Secretly though, she appreciates the handkerchief he has ready and she's already doing her best to keep her bleeding hand away from the dress. Anything less than perfect in front of President Snow is dangerous and they have a long night ahead of them.
They're no Seam kids. The words are like a stab to her heart. She knows that he doesn't necessarily mean anything by it but she still thinks back to Peeta. And she thinks back to Mr. Mellark's words to her before she entered the arena. Everyone had been betting on her and not on the boy with the bread. No one will be betting on these kids. Gale's right; they'll be lucky if they get two days out of them.
"They'll need all the sponsors we can get," she says with absolutely no emotion attached to the words.
Katniss has yet to actually learn her lesson. Just like with the past three years, she'll do everything that she can to help these kids. It's almost as if in doing everything she can to help the merchant kids, she's atoning in a way that she can't when cutting herself with the arrowhead. Everything about the next few days will be a toll on her psyche, memories to later despise. But what other choice do they have?