The Capitol may be full of sadists, but those sadists appear to have actually consulted with people who train well, because they have actually provided things tributes can toss at each other without causing actual injury.
"Hang on a tic."
He lopes off, returning with a rubber ball that wouldn't be out of place in any school gym. There's an argument to be made for having Chibi-Usa train with actual weapons, but Bunny is ignoring that argument, at least for now. Screw training immediately for the reality of the arena. She's a child. She shouldn't have to be good at dodging anything more painful than a rubber ball exclusively for fun.
And anyway, he's got to get some measure of how good she is at that at present before leveling up to actual arena weapons.
"I'm no slouch when it comes to thrown weapons, but I want to see what you've got before I give it my all. We'll work our way up, all right?"
no subject
"Hang on a tic."
He lopes off, returning with a rubber ball that wouldn't be out of place in any school gym. There's an argument to be made for having Chibi-Usa train with actual weapons, but Bunny is ignoring that argument, at least for now. Screw training immediately for the reality of the arena. She's a child. She shouldn't have to be good at dodging anything more painful than a rubber ball exclusively for fun.
And anyway, he's got to get some measure of how good she is at that at present before leveling up to actual arena weapons.
"I'm no slouch when it comes to thrown weapons, but I want to see what you've got before I give it my all. We'll work our way up, all right?"