[She looks surprised at the very suggestion. Stop the Capitol? Sure, everyone has their own, small ways of fighting against them--dying on your own terms in the Games, refusing to kill other Tributes like they want--but stopping them is an impossible notion.]
Why the hell not? I mean, giant dic-- [ He was going to say dickheads, but catches himself. ] --tators have been toppled before. Why wouldn't that be the case where you're from?
[It's not just the Peacekeepers, who keep an eye on the Districts, and apparently are much stricter in her District than in Katniss'. It makes sense; food is more important than coal, and that means added security.
Her voice goes hushed; they're broaching on a topic that no one in Panem particularly likes.]
The last time the District rebelled, the Capitol wiped out District 13. There's nothing left now, except a bunch of radiation from the bombs.
[ -- ah, shit. He shouldn't lecture her. Rue's really too young to do anything to fight an entire institution. At length, he relents, letting out a breath. ]
Sorry, Nightingale. Didn't mean to hound you, there. Just never heard of a place like that.
Country. I think... [Rue falters a little as she thinks.]
It used to be something else, but a bunch of disasters wiped everything out. Then the Capitol started putting things back together, that's that's how Panem got started.
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You can't stop the Capitol.
[It's said matter-of-factly.]
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Why the hell not? I mean, giant dic-- [ He was going to say dickheads, but catches himself. ] --tators have been toppled before. Why wouldn't that be the case where you're from?
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[It's not just the Peacekeepers, who keep an eye on the Districts, and apparently are much stricter in her District than in Katniss'. It makes sense; food is more important than coal, and that means added security.
Her voice goes hushed; they're broaching on a topic that no one in Panem particularly likes.]
The last time the District rebelled, the Capitol wiped out District 13. There's nothing left now, except a bunch of radiation from the bombs.
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He's quiet for a long moment before finally speaking -- and when he does, his voice is sober, edged with a bit of anger. ]
You've gotta know how screwed up all of this sounds, kid.
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I know it's different for people in other worlds, but that's how it is for us. The Capitol has all the supplies. If we try to fight, we'd lose.
[And who knows what the price they'd have to pay is.]
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Sorry, Nightingale. Didn't mean to hound you, there. Just never heard of a place like that.
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It's okay. Lots of people get upset when I tell them about Panem. It's really different, even with all the other worlds.
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Panem -- name of the country? Continent? Planet?
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It used to be something else, but a bunch of disasters wiped everything out. Then the Capitol started putting things back together, that's that's how Panem got started.
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[ He's quiet for a second, then, ] You got anyone teaching how to fight?
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One of my roommates says he'll teach me! And somebody else days he'll show me how to run faster so I won't get caught.