Peggy, on the other hand, takes the tea Jason offers. His servants know what kind of tea she likes, but it feels like pooling, molten lead in her stomach when she swallows. This is it. Eight years of plotting, scheming, and pretending behind the backs of everyone she knew and care about has all built up to this.
It feels like she's floating. She's trying to rip off the mask that she's been wearing her whole adult life, but it's fused to her skin and she doesn't know where it ends and she begins. She's so comfortable in her role as Capitolite pretender that she doesn't quite fit right in the skin of a proud and true rebel Districter anymore.
She allows Linden to talk. She sips her tea while staring forward, battling with herself to figure out how to tell the truth for the first time. The fact that Linden is apologizing to Jason can't hurt their chances.
"You can speak freely here, Linden. We're in an officially sanctioned blind spot." She sips her tea again, using the heat to ground herself. "Many Capitolites have them, especially when they're from powerful families."
She looks at Jason calmly. She's lied to him, and he's not going to be happy about it. She owes him eye contact when she finally tells him the truth. "The Peacekeepers will be coming for the two of us shortly. I imagine we're due for a brutal interrogation followed by a public execution." They're too famous to leave avoxed, she imagines, although they might avox her and keep her for leverage if they manage to find out that her Bucky is still alive and in District 13. That can't happen.
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It feels like she's floating. She's trying to rip off the mask that she's been wearing her whole adult life, but it's fused to her skin and she doesn't know where it ends and she begins. She's so comfortable in her role as Capitolite pretender that she doesn't quite fit right in the skin of a proud and true rebel Districter anymore.
She allows Linden to talk. She sips her tea while staring forward, battling with herself to figure out how to tell the truth for the first time. The fact that Linden is apologizing to Jason can't hurt their chances.
"You can speak freely here, Linden. We're in an officially sanctioned blind spot." She sips her tea again, using the heat to ground herself. "Many Capitolites have them, especially when they're from powerful families."
She looks at Jason calmly. She's lied to him, and he's not going to be happy about it. She owes him eye contact when she finally tells him the truth. "The Peacekeepers will be coming for the two of us shortly. I imagine we're due for a brutal interrogation followed by a public execution." They're too famous to leave avoxed, she imagines, although they might avox her and keep her for leverage if they manage to find out that her Bucky is still alive and in District 13. That can't happen.