"There's lots of different ways to survive. Some Victors have trained all their lives, and rely on their brute strength and skill. The only Victor I've had, Johanna Mason, played the long game and pretended to be too weak for the other Tributes to bother with - she let them kill each other off before finishing them herself. But that tactic won't work here. Not with you all going into one Arena after the other, it doesn't take long to learn how strong your opponents are."
She hesitates, not liking to talk about her own Games, but she knows how easy it would be for him to dig out the footage of the 69th Hunger Games anyway.
"There was a boy, one of the Tributes from District Ten. He saved my life twice in the Arena. We were allies, but I think he mistook that for friendship." Sometimes she's not sure whether she made that mistake, too - she'd feel far less guilty if it was clear in her mind that she'd used him for her own survival. Though she's not sure if it's the look of surprise and sadness on Calder's face as he'd died, or the accusing looks she'd received from District Ten on her Victory Tour that she actually felt bad about. "We were the last two Tributes left, and there can be only one Victor. It needed to be me."
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She hesitates, not liking to talk about her own Games, but she knows how easy it would be for him to dig out the footage of the 69th Hunger Games anyway.
"There was a boy, one of the Tributes from District Ten. He saved my life twice in the Arena. We were allies, but I think he mistook that for friendship." Sometimes she's not sure whether she made that mistake, too - she'd feel far less guilty if it was clear in her mind that she'd used him for her own survival. Though she's not sure if it's the look of surprise and sadness on Calder's face as he'd died, or the accusing looks she'd received from District Ten on her Victory Tour that she actually felt bad about. "We were the last two Tributes left, and there can be only one Victor. It needed to be me."