Finnick has been watching this village since he first found himself here two years ago. It's easy, here, after so long playing to the Capitol. Here, people don't parse every word, every action, expecting a perfect performance. Here, that perfect performance isn't what keeps Annie safe from Snow's threats. Here, they may be watched, they may be manipulated, but he's not immediately threatened on a daily basis, and he's allowed to have his wife.

Not that any of that stops Finnick using years of Career training and watching the Capitol to gather information. He knows that he isn't alone in that, though he's alone in where the skills came from, except for Annie. And he watches out for new people, trying to assess them as allies and threats, as people with skills and weaknesses. Which is why he notices the way the new guy is appraising the unoccupied buildings.

"Window-shopping?" he asks as he steps around the corner from the shadow of the building next door to the one the guy's looking at.