[July 20] [The Hunger Games] Lost at Sea

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Title: Lost at Sea
Day/Theme: July 20, 2012 "too long at sea makes your eyes strange"
Series: The Hunger Games
Character/Pairing: Mags & her father
Rating: PG


"At the very end, when they took you from the arena, I was almost as scared as when you went in," Papa tells me. Even as he brings up the subject, he keeps fiddling with a piece of rope, weaving and unweaving the various fibers until the entire thing is a fraying mess. I certainly believe he had been frightened. He is acting high strung right now.

"Why was that?" I want to know. I've seen the way that other families have behaved in the past. It's obviously (and understandably) harrowing for them. Still, this is an interesting moment for Papa to focus on.

"Because of your eyes," he answers, "I was afraid that even though you were coming back you had been lost."

Oh. A body with empty eyes. Like the sailors who ended up too far out and gone too long. The ones who lost their minds to the sea.

"I came back, Papa," I assure him.