Second Floor Common Room [Wednesday evening]

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Katniss had been here for a full term now. And really, all things considered, she thought she had experimented fairly well with the options available to her. She'd tried a multitude of foods, she'd become deeply familiar with the woods surrounding the school -- she'd even learned to work some of the electronics here.

What she had not done sufficiently, of course, was watch the television. Once she'd learned that there were multiple channels, she'd buzzed through them, concentrating on news stations and sports (as these were the things that appealed to her.)

Tonight, though, Katniss had discovered something special. Katniss had discovered that people cooked competitively on the television. So she was plunked in front of the television with a gallon of ice cream (all hers unless you asked nicely, thank you), enraptured by...Top Chef.

(She was gratified to see people eating the food, though the structure reminded her a little of the Games. At least, though, it was much...gentler. Or seemed to be.)

[come distract me from dreary WWII memoirs, omg!]

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Katniss looked over at Blind Seer, smiling a little wider. "Words to live by. I do," she admitted. "I didn't know animals had sayings like that, honestly. The ones in my world are...different."

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"Wolves have many sayings," Firekeeper informed Katniss. "Though I think some," she gave Blind Seer a friendly shove, "he just make up and say these is old sayings. Most worlds I learn of here do not have Royal Beasts," she shrugged, "and many humans from my world did not even know such existed until me and Blind Seer come down from the mountains."

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"We just have human-created animals, and then the natural, dumb ones, where I'm from," Katniss admitted. "It makes me think twice about what I hunt, these Royal Beasts of yours."

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"Royal Beasts, even the kind like deer that would be prey were they Cousins, are smart enough to not be caught even by the cleverest of hunters," Firekeeper explained. "Cousins... they may not be able to speak and form thoughts the same way as humans or Royal Beasts, but they understand predator and prey. They may fear a predator but there is no malice in that fear. It is the way things are."

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"It doesn't bother me enough to keep me from hunting," Katniss replied. "But it is nice to hear. I've seen enough life lost. I don't need to worry that I'm killing sentient squirrels in order for people to eat."

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Firekeeper nodded. "I avoid the blue deer," she confided. "They just seem... too strange."

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"They're blue," Katniss agreed, eyes wide. "They could be poisonous, for all I know. I'm sure someone here would be able to tell me if they were but the point stands."

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"And there is enough other things to hunt besides," Firekeeper said easily. "Not that hunting is truly needed in this place, but..." she shrugged again, fairly confident that Katniss understood why she would anyway.

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"But it's part of who you are," Katniss finished knowingly.