Finnick takes a step forward, both hands outstretched in that universal gesture of I mean you no harm.
Of course, she can't know that, any more than she can know his mission in the arena is not to kill her sister, but to keep her safe. Finnick's famous around Panem, a living legend, and while it's mostly for things that are no reflection on who he really is, he's also famous for the skill and strategy he'd shown in the arena when he was barely older than Prim.
"Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you."
This isn't the arena, she isn't one of his tribute's competitors. He doesn't have to wish her harm and hate himself for doing it, because of the cycle of killing and crowning and killing again that is the Games.
If anything, he has to keep her safe, too. For Katniss. For the revolution.
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Finnick takes a step forward, both hands outstretched in that universal gesture of I mean you no harm.
Of course, she can't know that, any more than she can know his mission in the arena is not to kill her sister, but to keep her safe. Finnick's famous around Panem, a living legend, and while it's mostly for things that are no reflection on who he really is, he's also famous for the skill and strategy he'd shown in the arena when he was barely older than Prim.
"Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you."
This isn't the arena, she isn't one of his tribute's competitors. He doesn't have to wish her harm and hate himself for doing it, because of the cycle of killing and crowning and killing again that is the Games.
If anything, he has to keep her safe, too. For Katniss. For the revolution.