Ever in Your FavorLyme stands shoulder to shoulder with her fellow Victors, assembled eldest to youngest on the platform of District Two’s central station. The sun beats down mercilessly, causing sweat to bead up underneath her black suit, but like the others, she remains still and silent. It’s uncomfortable, but there is not one among them who would not bear this, and much more, to pay proper respect to Two’s tributes to the 58th Hunger Games
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After the ceremony, Brutus disappears into his house, and Lyme doesn’t see him again for two weeks. She goes about her usual business in the Village, at the Athletics and Personal Growth Center and the Games-liaison office. Their lives run on the same tracks, so Lyme expects several opportunities to get a level-set on how Brutus is dealing, but she doesn’t see him except for the occasion she passes his house and spots him opening his front door to Odin. She’s glad to see Brutus talking to his mentor, and hopes this means he’ll be rejoining them soon
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Basketball is a good game for them. Lyme’s tall enough she can block effectively, and it’s one of the few games in which Brutus’s bulk works against him, so what she lacks in (comparative) height and reach, she can make up in speed. They’re about evenly matched-the best way to keep it fun
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Lyme may have just taken a blow to the head, but she’s certain Brutus is not talking about basketball. But the fact is, there’s no way Brutus could have played a game good enough to win the 58th. Since his victory, Two has won five times. If the Games were truly a pageant of courage and sacrifice, it wouldn’t matter if a Two won every year. But after seeing the Games from the mentor’s seat for the first time, Lyme suspects no matter how they started, the degree of entertainment for the Capitol citizens is now a critical factor in the Games. And recent viewers have seen one too many episodes where the strong, noble child of a quarry miner valiantly slays her foes
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Comment system, will I never fully understand you?
Lyme opens the manila folder. A picture of next year’s volunteer-strong, aloof, confident-is stapled to the top of the package of records and reports. Lyme lifts the current photo to reveal the intake shot of a scruffy seven-year-old with wild hair and a gap-toothed grin. Hector N., orphaned, suspected abuse by foster parents. Overly praise-seeking with the trainers, but otherwise thriving in the Program. Mentor selection won’t be made for at least a few more months, but yes, this one is for her
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Lyme opens the manila folder. A picture of next year’s volunteer-strong, aloof, confident-is stapled to the top of the package of records and reports. Lyme lifts the current photo to reveal the intake shot of a scruffy seven-year-old with wild hair and a gap-toothed grin. Hector N., orphaned, suspected abuse by foster parents. Overly praise-seeking with the trainers, but otherwise thriving in the Program. Mentor selection won’t be made for at least a few more months, but yes, this one is for her ( ... )
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Yeah tearing up on a train platform in Osaka nbd
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