[This stunt has hardly done any favors for Katniss's general opinion of the Initiative. They've not only brought children into their war, but they've also sent them here. Here, to an even stranger time and place, right in harm's way. Helpless, defenseless.
But if it's for those children? She'll fight. Someone has to. Someone has to protect the ones who can't protect themselves but are still exploited as pawns in a power struggle.
She has to. Because she couldn't protect Rue. Because even if Peeta made it out of the arena, he's now in the Capitol's hands. Because it's her fault an entire district has now been leveled to ash. Her hands are already drenched with blood as it is, and the weight of debts she can never repay constantly drags her down. Subsequent failures aren't an option.
So she's here, too, with her hand gripped tightly on her own bow. Ready to use it at a moment's notice. Ready for the Games to begin again.]
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But if it's for those children? She'll fight. Someone has to. Someone has to protect the ones who can't protect themselves but are still exploited as pawns in a power struggle.
She has to. Because she couldn't protect Rue. Because even if Peeta made it out of the arena, he's now in the Capitol's hands. Because it's her fault an entire district has now been leveled to ash. Her hands are already drenched with blood as it is, and the weight of debts she can never repay constantly drags her down. Subsequent failures aren't an option.
So she's here, too, with her hand gripped tightly on her own bow. Ready to use it at a moment's notice. Ready for the Games to begin again.]