["C'mon. You have to stay with me. Okay?" "Yeah. I'm just... a little tired." "...Okay. Okay. Get some sleep." "You sure?" "Promise. Get some sleep. We'll... we'll go hunting tomorrow." "Finish it." "Yeah. Get 'em all." "Then..." "Yeah. Then we'll go home."
She knows the tone. It brings back awful memories. Though, somewhere deep inside her, she's relieved she can remember. And now Katniss isn't the only one trying to hold back tears and failing a time or two.
It takes Clove almost a minute to answer. Time enough to try and make her throat loosen, to reign herself in.
She doesn't know what's wrong. But she knows that tone. And it's strange yet not, to hear an echo of Cato in District Twelve. And, in the same way that she wouldn't know how to deal with Cato being upset in front of her, she doesn't know how to handle Twelve.
voice:
"Yeah. I'm just... a little tired."
"...Okay. Okay. Get some sleep."
"You sure?"
"Promise. Get some sleep. We'll... we'll go hunting tomorrow."
"Finish it."
"Yeah. Get 'em all."
"Then..."
"Yeah. Then we'll go home."
She knows the tone. It brings back awful memories. Though, somewhere deep inside her, she's relieved she can remember. And now Katniss isn't the only one trying to hold back tears and failing a time or two.
It takes Clove almost a minute to answer. Time enough to try and make her throat loosen, to reign herself in.
She doesn't know what's wrong. But she knows that tone. And it's strange yet not, to hear an echo of Cato in District Twelve. And, in the same way that she wouldn't know how to deal with Cato being upset in front of her, she doesn't know how to handle Twelve.
So, she goes for the easy option:]
What's another one you know?