Finnick's leaning back against the door, one hand hovering near the zip of his backpack where one of the knives he'd stolen is carefully placed. When he speaks, the word is simply matter-of-fact. Because it's obvious to him. Everyone knows that when the tributes act in a way that makes things boring for the audience, the Gamemakers shake things up.
Or if they get too far away from the action. Or too close to the edge of the arena, at least since Haymithch Abernathy won the Second Quarter Quell.
"The Gamemakers are changing the environment to make us do what they want. It's what they do. Just like stopping us getting too close to the edges of the canyon."
He gives a grim flick of a smile. "That is, assuming everyone else found rockfalls and smooth surfaces and trees blocking their way any time they tried to explore above the waterfall."
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Finnick's leaning back against the door, one hand hovering near the zip of his backpack where one of the knives he'd stolen is carefully placed. When he speaks, the word is simply matter-of-fact. Because it's obvious to him. Everyone knows that when the tributes act in a way that makes things boring for the audience, the Gamemakers shake things up.
Or if they get too far away from the action. Or too close to the edge of the arena, at least since Haymithch Abernathy won the Second Quarter Quell.
"The Gamemakers are changing the environment to make us do what they want. It's what they do. Just like stopping us getting too close to the edges of the canyon."
He gives a grim flick of a smile. "That is, assuming everyone else found rockfalls and smooth surfaces and trees blocking their way any time they tried to explore above the waterfall."