Easier. Don't know about better. Trust me, there are plenty of things I want to forget or I wish hadn't happened.

But, in the long run, if they hadn't happened, I wouldn't be me.

Besides, the easy way makes a person lazy. Don't get me wrong, I like the easy way too, but it's the hard way that shows us who we are.

_{[ God that sounded philosophical for him. He was channeling Captain Pike right now and he knew it, and a part of him hated it, but... well, it was sort of sad, hearing someone as young as Katniss talk about things like this, want something like this. So he was going to play Captain Pike for a bit more. ]}