[The words are said slowly, thoughtfully. Hadn’t their own uprising back in Panem ultimately been about survival? It was easy to spout off idealistic propos, to say that the struggle was for freedom and for a better future. In many ways, it was. Freedom from the Hunger Games and freedom from the dictatorship of the Capitol. A butter future for the children of the districts, children who no longer had to grow up fearing that one day, their name might be selected in the Reaping. There were reasons. So many reasons.
But for her, up until the very last moment of the war – that second she had assassinated Coin, it had been about survival. About making certain that no one could ever use her or anyone she loved as a game piece again.]
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[The words are said slowly, thoughtfully. Hadn’t their own uprising back in Panem ultimately been about survival? It was easy to spout off idealistic propos, to say that the struggle was for freedom and for a better future. In many ways, it was. Freedom from the Hunger Games and freedom from the dictatorship of the Capitol. A butter future for the children of the districts, children who no longer had to grow up fearing that one day, their name might be selected in the Reaping. There were reasons. So many reasons.
But for her, up until the very last moment of the war – that second she had assassinated Coin, it had been about survival. About making certain that no one could ever use her or anyone she loved as a game piece again.]