Shadsie
Sage of Tales
Pitcarin winced hard at the "arrow to the brain" comment.
"It's... not peaceful," he said honestly. "Taking an arrow. I know. I put some in people to win my Games. People tend to be kind of... surprised... for a moment when hit through the eye. It's not clean and it's not pretty. It's even worse through the heart, where they have a few seconds to look at the thing while they throb out their life. Only person I ever knew who went peaceful in the Hunger Games was Marla, and that's only because she was already sick for years and she was probably in more pain than she let on. You really shouldn't wish for that. You should hang on with every scrap you've got - for your family, at least, and for the District. If either of you win, everyone will get extra food for a year. And, well... I won't be so lonely anymore. We're an endangered species, us Victors from the poor Districts.
You don't have to kill anyone, actually. That's a little known secret of the Games. If you're lucky, you can get away with just hiding out by your lonesome until everyone else bites it. It's not easy and it doesn't happen too often, but it can happen."
"It's... not peaceful," he said honestly. "Taking an arrow. I know. I put some in people to win my Games. People tend to be kind of... surprised... for a moment when hit through the eye. It's not clean and it's not pretty. It's even worse through the heart, where they have a few seconds to look at the thing while they throb out their life. Only person I ever knew who went peaceful in the Hunger Games was Marla, and that's only because she was already sick for years and she was probably in more pain than she let on. You really shouldn't wish for that. You should hang on with every scrap you've got - for your family, at least, and for the District. If either of you win, everyone will get extra food for a year. And, well... I won't be so lonely anymore. We're an endangered species, us Victors from the poor Districts.
You don't have to kill anyone, actually. That's a little known secret of the Games. If you're lucky, you can get away with just hiding out by your lonesome until everyone else bites it. It's not easy and it doesn't happen too often, but it can happen."