That's a great question, Everdeen, an absolutely marvellous question that Finnick would also love the answer to.

"I... Didn't..." He trails off and his mouth sort of hangs open, looking away like he's very deeply contemplating whether he should say more. It's all so hard to explain, and she's definitely from a point in time where her psyche was more... Fragile. Not that either of them were ever quite stable, while he knew her, thanks to all the shit they put them all through.

"I'm from a different point in time. I've lived a little more of our story, so to speak." Not even that much more.