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finnick o'damn ([personal profile] braiding) wrote in [personal profile] madehervows 2014-08-18 05:13 am (UTC)

audio » do it or i'll burn down your apple tree.

[ attending a school where there were no classes on how it was best to strike an opponent down or even incapacitate them had been unusual for finnick. even though district 4 had it's normal educational facilities, every child was enrolled in classes designed for the games, preparing them as career tributes to better the district's chances at both glory and seeing one kid safely returned home. but being forced to do what was against his nature isn't strange for finnick, it being a talent he thinks he's come to own, being able to adapt as quickly as a fish taking to water. it's one lesson no one thinks to teach a bunch of children while in school, learning how to adapt and fold and bend when someone greater and more powerful than them commands them to take a shape they had never been born to hold. ]

[ but rather than meet him with disinterest in her tone, he hears something welcoming in it, encouraging him to continue on with his path of small talk. ]

When will that be? [ he's still smiling, the slight flirtation evident in his tone, now. ] I hope I'm not left waiting too long.

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