[She spoke without thinking, much like she had with almost everything else she had said today. Effie wasn't her friend. Effie was... Effie. Someone Katniss owed for all the work she had done, in her own way, to keep her and Peeta alive in the arena. And not just once, but twice. She had never thought much about Effie's job growing up. Not until she had seen everyone's reaction to her suggestion of games here in Luceti.
It couldn't be easy, could it, selecting children year after year to die. Doing your best to keep them alive only to find all your actions futile in the end.
She didn't quite ignore everything else the woman had to say. But at this point, making the same argument again and again seemed as pointless as living your life hating yourself.]
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[She spoke without thinking, much like she had with almost everything else she had said today. Effie wasn't her friend. Effie was... Effie. Someone Katniss owed for all the work she had done, in her own way, to keep her and Peeta alive in the arena. And not just once, but twice. She had never thought much about Effie's job growing up. Not until she had seen everyone's reaction to her suggestion of games here in Luceti.
It couldn't be easy, could it, selecting children year after year to die. Doing your best to keep them alive only to find all your actions futile in the end.
She didn't quite ignore everything else the woman had to say. But at this point, making the same argument again and again seemed as pointless as living your life hating yourself.]
She's just... someone I owe.