[If I'm gonna die, I still want to be me. That had been his dying wish, he'd thought. To die as himself. The only thing, in the end, that he really wanted. To keep himself to the end.
Katniss is awake. Calmer. Quiet. She's serious. That's the scariest part. She's been keeping this from him, and why shouldn't she? They can't prevent it. He's going back to...to this. To death without dying. And he'll be so thoroughly dead that he'll lay a hand on her.
His hand withdraws. He'd like to say it's because his arm is tired, but...no, the rift he couldn't see before is too wide. His touch...]
What happened?
[He sounds agitated. In a moment, he'll be upset, then angry. Before he goes hysterical, he has to know what happened. He has to know it turned out okay.]
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Katniss is awake. Calmer. Quiet. She's serious. That's the scariest part. She's been keeping this from him, and why shouldn't she? They can't prevent it. He's going back to...to this. To death without dying. And he'll be so thoroughly dead that he'll lay a hand on her.
His hand withdraws. He'd like to say it's because his arm is tired, but...no, the rift he couldn't see before is too wide. His touch...]
What happened?
[He sounds agitated. In a moment, he'll be upset, then angry. Before he goes hysterical, he has to know what happened. He has to know it turned out okay.]