Maybe we were unnecessary. Maybe it was vanity, but that thought hadn't occurred to Finnick, and it made him want to freeze openly. Was that realistically possible? Had 13 tricked the victors, too? Made them think they were a part of something that they would report back to the Capitol a string of falsehoods? Had they been played as well? Had they been seen as expandable or just unworthy? Finnick's gut went cold at the thought. I can be trusted, he wanted to say. I have someone to protect, too. But the words were useless. (Just as useless as they were.)
It didn't help that it made him uncomfortable to be having this conversation where anyone could overhear them. If this was a test to see if they were looking at rebelling, well -- They were failing. Johanna hadn't said anything terribly explicit, but it was clear enough that they had been involved in something bigger than the Games. They were pinned either way, and that made his skin tight with irritation and impatience.
(Or, maybe this was the Games, and they were being paired off to see what they would do. He knew that a lot of people would enjoy seeing him and Johanna kill each other. They were both ranked high, and their makeshift friendship was well-documented by the tabloids of the Capitol.)
"All we can do is look for water, weapons, and Katniss," Finnick answered steadily; stick to the original plan. All three of those things were vital whether they were in the Games, had been tricked by the Capitol, or had been tricked by 13.
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It didn't help that it made him uncomfortable to be having this conversation where anyone could overhear them. If this was a test to see if they were looking at rebelling, well -- They were failing. Johanna hadn't said anything terribly explicit, but it was clear enough that they had been involved in something bigger than the Games. They were pinned either way, and that made his skin tight with irritation and impatience.
(Or, maybe this was the Games, and they were being paired off to see what they would do. He knew that a lot of people would enjoy seeing him and Johanna kill each other. They were both ranked high, and their makeshift friendship was well-documented by the tabloids of the Capitol.)
"All we can do is look for water, weapons, and Katniss," Finnick answered steadily; stick to the original plan. All three of those things were vital whether they were in the Games, had been tricked by the Capitol, or had been tricked by 13.