text message ★ to katniss everdeen

[65]

Where have you been, girl on fire? Not getting into too much trouble, I hope.

[if he tries really hard he can hide how paranoid/worried he is 8( ]

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[befree]

[Girl on fire? Yeah, that doesn't help not bring back horrible flashes of terrible things she doesn't understand. So she's nice and short when she gets around to responding - which, by the way, is several hours after he initially sends the text to her.]

gone. I'm alive enough to respond, aren't I?

[65]

[Well he was hoping she'd at least remember ... being on fire. He has a lot of hopes and dreams.]

Where to? You've been sorely missed.

[befree]

Why would you waste your time missing me?

[65]

Why wouldn't I? You're one of the only people I know here.

[befree]

I still don't remember you. I'm not worth missing, even if you do know me.

1/2

[65]

You wouldn't say things like that if you could remember who you were.

[65]

No, you probably would. I take it back. But it still wouldn't be true.

[befree]

I watched someone I trusted die. It made me see things I should remember but don't understand.

[65]

What happened?

1/2

[befree]

I don't want to talk about it, Finnick.

I lied - 2/ 3

[befree]

[About ten seconds later.]

I saw myself with a dead girl. She was only a little girl.

[befree]

Tell me everything you know about me.

[65]

[wow he doesn't know how to start bc he has no idea what the extent of her brain damage is. but he has infinite patience even without his memories of being annie's keeper, so he'll try his best.]

You're 17. You're from District 12. They mine coal there. You have a little sister you love very much. You have a bizarre obsession with lamb stew. You're very clever. You don't realize it, but there are people willing to die for you. You shouldn't take that for granted.

[befree]

[It's another hour or so before she responds. She has to have time to let that all sink in. When she responds, it's actually with a video message in which she makes no eye contact. She's going all out for this response, okay.]

People like you?

[65]

[wheee switching to video then.]

Just like me. But none quite as attractive.

[befree]

[Look at her not laughing or smiling at that. She just looks shocked and awkwardchan instead.]

I'm trying to be serious. It doesn't matter what you look like, especially if you're foolish enough to consider dying for me.

[65]

[He should have expected that utter lack of response. 8( Oh well.]

It's not foolish. You're a very inspiring person.

[befree]

[She doesn't buy it. She looks down at her hands, and then down further to her feet, and then back up at the camera.]

I don't think that I'm safe to be around. That's hardly inspiring.

[65]

[He's still trying his best to be calm and patient with her.]

What makes you say that?

[befree]

I don't know if I killed that girl or not. At night, I have dreams. [She finds a nice wall to slide down to sit, and flops her head back against it.]

I see things I don't really remember, but I know deep down that it all has to be real. I can't let myself want to get to know you, because I'm afraid of what I'm capable of.

[She hopes that he understands she's afraid, because she refuses to come right out to say it.]

[65]

[It takes him awhile to reply, because he's not sure how to approach this particular subject without upsetting her.]

We're all capable of terrible things, if doing them is what it takes to survive. Are you talking about the person you saw die?

[befree]

I've seen others. [ She lets out a sigh.]

You can't argue with me if I think I'm a bad person. Who exactly was I to you, for you to try this hard?

[Look, at least she recognizes that he's trying.]

[65]

I've said it before. You were my friend. My friend and my ally.

[befree]

And nothing more than that?

[65]

Did you think we were lovers?

[befree]

[If Katniss was a flailing kind of person, she would be flailing right now. Instead she just looks as if she doesn't quite understand or process that.]

I assumed you were the one interested in me, not that I'm the one that would willingly be tied down to anyone.

[65]

You were the one expressing such an extreme interest in our relationship. It's not the first time you've prodded, remember.

[befree]

It's not an extreme interest! I just want to know who I am.

[Oh my god did she just seriously spout off Iris lyrics and mean them? She did (unsure). Anyway, she's getting pretty angry now so she's going to hop up on her feet and start...walking somewhere. WHERE?

It's a surprise!]