There's no hostility in her posture, but he knows that's not always a reliable guide. He's seen too many alliances formed and broken to believe any overtures of friendship in the arena. But this isn't the arena. She isn't one of his competitors.
Nor is she one of his co-conspirators, determined to free Katniss Everdeen from the arena to be the face of the revolution against the Capitol. It's not the right time yet. Third day. Midnight. And Haymitch would have sent them something if the plan had changed.
The woman doesn't flinch, doesn't move except to speak, and Finnick doesn't, either, not until she asks if he follows her, when he nods.
He does. Follows the words, understands their meaning, but doesn't understand the situation, why him, why now, what's happening. There's only one thing that makes sense, and yet it doesn't make sense.
"I'm in the Capitol?"
If he's been snatched from the arena and not by the planned rescue, not by being freed when the arena was destroyed, that's the only answer, though she looks nothing like she's from the Capitol.
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Nor is she one of his co-conspirators, determined to free Katniss Everdeen from the arena to be the face of the revolution against the Capitol. It's not the right time yet. Third day. Midnight. And Haymitch would have sent them something if the plan had changed.
The woman doesn't flinch, doesn't move except to speak, and Finnick doesn't, either, not until she asks if he follows her, when he nods.
He does. Follows the words, understands their meaning, but doesn't understand the situation, why him, why now, what's happening. There's only one thing that makes sense, and yet it doesn't make sense.
"I'm in the Capitol?"
If he's been snatched from the arena and not by the planned rescue, not by being freed when the arena was destroyed, that's the only answer, though she looks nothing like she's from the Capitol.