our government makes kids fight to the death. my district trained me and I volunteered to compete. I killed other kids. I was older and stronger but I had to. i had to win.
[KIDS! Kids are innocent. Or they're supposed to be. Krieg's morals might be warped beyond understanding, but he knows one thing: forcing kids to kill one another is bad.]
iDDDDD cut theRE THROATS OU ttt for kiLLLLLingl ; innnnnicent kITTENs
[ she gets what he means. it was awful. it is awful. what choice did any of them have but to kill or be killed? ]
I wish someone would.
sometimes i'm ok with it because I was trying to survive but sometimes i remember their families or the blood on my hands or they're in my dreams and I don't think it ever gets better. it's been 11 years they'd have their own kids now. but they don't because of me.
[ honestly, she mostly appreciates that he's listening and letting her get some of it off her chest. her heart still feels heavy with guilt. ] I can't change the past, and I can't go home.
maybe it would be worse if I was ok with it. it was a terrible thing. I can be sad about a terrible thing i was part of. right?
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