[ ...he witnesses the broadcast, but finds himself utterly lost for words. utterly damnably lost. sharpe can't dredge up anything that might help or else might make sense of what katniss is enduring. he remembers the feelings well enough, he simply never learned how to help someone else through them.
but in those wee hours of the morn -- as he listens to her questions while he's cleaning out his rifle -- richard sharpe makes a decision. it's the sort of decision he should ask katniss about before making, but he's not sure the girl would accept help that was merely offered instead of insisted.
and so -- by the time katniss returns to her house -- she may find sharpe kneeling awkwardly at her front door, prodding at it with a lockpick he so very rarely gets to use. ]
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but in those wee hours of the morn -- as he listens to her questions while he's cleaning out his rifle -- richard sharpe makes a decision. it's the sort of decision he should ask katniss about before making, but he's not sure the girl would accept help that was merely offered instead of insisted.
and so -- by the time katniss returns to her house -- she may find sharpe kneeling awkwardly at her front door, prodding at it with a lockpick he so very rarely gets to use. ]