Bacopa thinks back to Katniss and Rue. Rue had had reason to trust Katniss--after all, Rue was the same age as Katniss' sister, and Katniss had been ready to die for her. Rue saved Katniss' life, and Katniss tried to save hers in turn.
"The Gamemakers dropped flaming rocks from the sky. They looked like shooting stars first."
(Bacopa remembers the image of her dead sister wreathed in flowers as if it were yesterday. It had been a better funeral rite than anyone could have hoped for. All of the District proudly scraped together as much money as it could and sent Katniss bread in thanks.)
Bacopa is still tense, but she starts chewing her lip, struggling to not think too hard about Rue but finding herself inexorably driven to think about her. It is possible for people to care for others in the arena. That's what Katniss did.
"You just saved my life." She's not sure what to think of it, but it wouldn't make sense for him to kill her now. She starts chewing the inside of her cheek along with her lip, keeping her eyes on him. "...Sorry I bit you." She's lucky he didn't just drop her in the inferno for it.
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"The Gamemakers dropped flaming rocks from the sky. They looked like shooting stars first."
(Bacopa remembers the image of her dead sister wreathed in flowers as if it were yesterday. It had been a better funeral rite than anyone could have hoped for. All of the District proudly scraped together as much money as it could and sent Katniss bread in thanks.)
Bacopa is still tense, but she starts chewing her lip, struggling to not think too hard about Rue but finding herself inexorably driven to think about her. It is possible for people to care for others in the arena. That's what Katniss did.
"You just saved my life." She's not sure what to think of it, but it wouldn't make sense for him to kill her now. She starts chewing the inside of her cheek along with her lip, keeping her eyes on him. "...Sorry I bit you." She's lucky he didn't just drop her in the inferno for it.