He'd thought he might never get to again. The Peacekeepers had stolen their chance to say goodbye, and the last time he'd seen her she'd just seen Mags volunteer herself to keep Annie out of the Quarter Quell. He'd rewatched the Reaping on television on the train, and it hadn't looked any better packaged up in the Capitol's dramatic coverage. She'd looked like she was helpless, hysterical, and though Finnick knows better, he'd wanted a chance to speak to her. To tell her it would be all right, even if that was a lie born of the bravado of a Career victor. There would have been limits to what they could say in front of the Peacekeepers, but it would have been better than being forced off the stage and marched to the train without the chance to say goodbye.
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He'd thought he might never get to again. The Peacekeepers had stolen their chance to say goodbye, and the last time he'd seen her she'd just seen Mags volunteer herself to keep Annie out of the Quarter Quell. He'd rewatched the Reaping on television on the train, and it hadn't looked any better packaged up in the Capitol's dramatic coverage. She'd looked like she was helpless, hysterical, and though Finnick knows better, he'd wanted a chance to speak to her. To tell her it would be all right, even if that was a lie born of the bravado of a Career victor. There would have been limits to what they could say in front of the Peacekeepers, but it would have been better than being forced off the stage and marched to the train without the chance to say goodbye.
"If you are, I am."
He'd been so scared when he heard her screams.