[No, Haymitch never was one for starting out nice. That's not something she would've expected for a second.
The script unfolds just as it always does. He dives straight in by pointing out her flaws in that condescending, infuriating way of his. The way that makes her fingers twitch and her teeth start to grind into one another. The way that shoots impulses through her nerves to repeat history. She could do it. With how weak and wane he looks, she could cause lasting damage.
But it's the way, of course, that conveys truth. This man who can lie so easily, who has no problem pulling strings without her knowledge or consent, never fails to make her face what's unavoidable. She knows her performance yesterday was pathetic. That, really, the notion she could ever possibly carry the cameras without Peeta, Peeta and his effortless charm and natural gift with words, is laughable. They're expecting the impossible from her, but it's the impossible she has no choice but to deliver.
So it's something she hardly needs to hear from an outside source. Especially this one.
It's a long moment, a very extraordinarily long moment, before she finally makes her first offering toward the conversation.]
What else am I supposed to do? [There's a cold harshness to her tone.]
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The script unfolds just as it always does. He dives straight in by pointing out her flaws in that condescending, infuriating way of his. The way that makes her fingers twitch and her teeth start to grind into one another. The way that shoots impulses through her nerves to repeat history. She could do it. With how weak and wane he looks, she could cause lasting damage.
But it's the way, of course, that conveys truth. This man who can lie so easily, who has no problem pulling strings without her knowledge or consent, never fails to make her face what's unavoidable. She knows her performance yesterday was pathetic. That, really, the notion she could ever possibly carry the cameras without Peeta, Peeta and his effortless charm and natural gift with words, is laughable. They're expecting the impossible from her, but it's the impossible she has no choice but to deliver.
So it's something she hardly needs to hear from an outside source. Especially this one.
It's a long moment, a very extraordinarily long moment, before she finally makes her first offering toward the conversation.]
What else am I supposed to do? [There's a cold harshness to her tone.]