"It takes a lot to rebel when you've seen what it costs."
He doesn't know what's happened between the two of them in the time between when he arrived here and when Katniss did. But he knows enough to know that Katniss is probably aware of where his sympathies really are. He hates Snow, hates him with everything he has, but open defiance had been impossible.
All he'd had left to lose was Annie and Mags, because he'd lost everyone else already.
"I think it's harder for us. Everyone's afraid, but for the victors, it's personal. They're not just watching, they're watching us." Watching them, getting reports from their patrons if they're unlucky enough to be wanted.
The victors knew exactly what would happen if they crossed the line, because they'd been told. It was why Finnick gathered his secrets, why Annie played up her insanity until the Capitol left her alone: those were the only ways they had to protect themselves.
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He doesn't know what's happened between the two of them in the time between when he arrived here and when Katniss did. But he knows enough to know that Katniss is probably aware of where his sympathies really are. He hates Snow, hates him with everything he has, but open defiance had been impossible.
All he'd had left to lose was Annie and Mags, because he'd lost everyone else already.
"I think it's harder for us. Everyone's afraid, but for the victors, it's personal. They're not just watching, they're watching us." Watching them, getting reports from their patrons if they're unlucky enough to be wanted.
The victors knew exactly what would happen if they crossed the line, because they'd been told. It was why Finnick gathered his secrets, why Annie played up her insanity until the Capitol left her alone: those were the only ways they had to protect themselves.