Finnick and Annie came here to learn. They've been avoiding coming out in the open in the village, whenever they could. That's not to say they haven't been here: they have. They've just been watching from shadows, under cover of the woods and the overgrown scrub that pervades even the village, a gift to a Career tribute who knows how to hide.
They'd taken this risk, and they'd taken it to see what they could gain from this meeting, but also to watch the people here and learn more about them. To test if they are really as welcoming and friendly as they have so far seemed determined to act.
Finnick still wasn't sure he believed what Riza had told him, about people here from different worlds before he came here, but the reaction when he'd mentioned the Games and the Gamemakers, the skepticism towards so much of what he'd had to say, is shaking that confidence.
When he's not speaking, he's listening, and watching, and he's not making much attempt to disguise the fact that's what he's doing. Or that he's standing near the door so he has an easy escape.
For Jo
They'd taken this risk, and they'd taken it to see what they could gain from this meeting, but also to watch the people here and learn more about them. To test if they are really as welcoming and friendly as they have so far seemed determined to act.
Finnick still wasn't sure he believed what Riza had told him, about people here from different worlds before he came here, but the reaction when he'd mentioned the Games and the Gamemakers, the skepticism towards so much of what he'd had to say, is shaking that confidence.
When he's not speaking, he's listening, and watching, and he's not making much attempt to disguise the fact that's what he's doing. Or that he's standing near the door so he has an easy escape.