There is a surprised kind of laugh at that. "Wait? Wait for vengeance? My dearest Richard, vengeance IS the natural order of things. But it's also how we are.
Where I'm from."
She was quick to add that.
"It is natural for man, woman, and child. My best friend turned her mother in to the Secret Police because she wouldn't allow her to date the boy she liked! Has Katniss taught you NOTHING about the Games? The Games are vengeance. Long, long years of vengeance."
And with that last bitter vengeance she slammed the lid of her lockbox shut. It bounced back open again and hung askew.
no subject
Where I'm from."
She was quick to add that.
"It is natural for man, woman, and child. My best friend turned her mother in to the Secret Police because she wouldn't allow her to date the boy she liked! Has Katniss taught you NOTHING about the Games? The Games are vengeance. Long, long years of vengeance."
And with that last bitter vengeance she slammed the lid of her lockbox shut. It bounced back open again and hung askew.