He can certainly explain it more later, though it's not bound to make much more sense anyway. Thinking of it as magic is probably for the best.
"Mm," he nods. "Not just during the war, either, but always. Death matches for children are essentially a national sport there."
Monsters...
"Some of them, yes. Some are just brainwashed." Snow is a monster. Gamemakers, monsters, minus Plutarch. But many in the Capitol are just... It's part of their culture, it's all they know.
The hug takes him a little off-guard, but it's nice. He leans down into her a little, putting hands on her back and closing his eyes.
"It's okay." It's not. There are many types of grief he carries from Panem, and having a child there he's never met is one of the strangest and hardest kinds to cope with.
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"Mm," he nods. "Not just during the war, either, but always. Death matches for children are essentially a national sport there."
Monsters...
"Some of them, yes. Some are just brainwashed." Snow is a monster. Gamemakers, monsters, minus Plutarch. But many in the Capitol are just... It's part of their culture, it's all they know.
The hug takes him a little off-guard, but it's nice. He leans down into her a little, putting hands on her back and closing his eyes.
"It's okay." It's not. There are many types of grief he carries from Panem, and having a child there he's never met is one of the strangest and hardest kinds to cope with.