['Sweetheart'. That's what forces her back into reality. That little term of so-called endearment she hates more than anything in the world. Right on cue, her blood starts to boil again. She hates Haymitch. She hates being within a hundred feet of him. She hates being talked down to and treated like a child.
And maybe beyond anything else, she hates the promise that there's a way out of her impossibility. An ultimately futile promise that'd be stupid to believe in.
After all, she has no reason to trust him. Never again. Not after one lie too many.
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And maybe beyond anything else, she hates the promise that there's a way out of her impossibility. An ultimately futile promise that'd be stupid to believe in.
After all, she has no reason to trust him. Never again. Not after one lie too many.
Her eyes narrow.]
It'll never happen.