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itinere2016-03-27 02:08 pm
stillplaying) wrote in itinere2016-03-27 02:08 pm
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It's been over a year now since Katniss first made her way into Itinere and found her sister alive and well. The door to return home has been here all this time, a haunting reminder of the life that she probably should be living back in Panem. But it's better this way. It's better that she's here in Itinere, with her sister, away from anyone still living that she might be able to hurt. Peeta's the only person left there that she really cares about (though she does miss Gale every now and then), and ultimately, he's better off without her. They're all better off without her. Safer. So much safer.
Now that life in Itinere has returned to normal (or whatever passes for normal here), Katniss has returned to spending a good portion of her day outside. Prim had survived the near end of the world. So had she. Their apartment is back. The forest is back. And though it had taken a little while longer, she trusts her sister not to get herself killed in this strange world. Trusts her enough that she doesn't try to spend every waking hour by her side.
So instead she returns to her old habits. Katniss wakes up bright and early every morning to slip into the forest and hunt. She never goes anywhere without her bow or quiver. Her hunts are always successful but that's no longer the point of these forays. Since the Hunger Games, since food has been relatively plentiful, the hunts are her way of coping. Of trying to make it through a day knowing everything she's done in the past couple of years. To maybe even learn how to be okay with the life that she leads.
When not in the forest, Katniss can be found exploring the town itself - or at the edge of the ocean. The water still amazes her, even a year later. Though she carries her PDA with her, she generally ignores it. The conversations people tend to have on it are of no concern to her. But she keeps it just in case Prim ever needs her. Because that's all that really matters in the end: keeping Prim alive.
Now that life in Itinere has returned to normal (or whatever passes for normal here), Katniss has returned to spending a good portion of her day outside. Prim had survived the near end of the world. So had she. Their apartment is back. The forest is back. And though it had taken a little while longer, she trusts her sister not to get herself killed in this strange world. Trusts her enough that she doesn't try to spend every waking hour by her side.
So instead she returns to her old habits. Katniss wakes up bright and early every morning to slip into the forest and hunt. She never goes anywhere without her bow or quiver. Her hunts are always successful but that's no longer the point of these forays. Since the Hunger Games, since food has been relatively plentiful, the hunts are her way of coping. Of trying to make it through a day knowing everything she's done in the past couple of years. To maybe even learn how to be okay with the life that she leads.
When not in the forest, Katniss can be found exploring the town itself - or at the edge of the ocean. The water still amazes her, even a year later. Though she carries her PDA with her, she generally ignores it. The conversations people tend to have on it are of no concern to her. But she keeps it just in case Prim ever needs her. Because that's all that really matters in the end: keeping Prim alive.