Firo’s eyes widen as they land on those wounds; he hadn’t paid them much mind before, but they’re too regular to be random wounds from battle. “Those…” For once, Firo curses himself for not paying attention to all those Arena broadcasts. He should know what these are, if only he can remember all those voices and little details he tried to block out.
There are some things he can figure, though—maybe he should’ve realized it way before, but there’s no helping that now. “They’re makin’ you see all this. They—the Capitol—they drugged you or something. With those bug things.”
Damn it. How long were those supposed to last? He doesn’t know, and he doesn’t think it’d even help. Hadn’t Roland already slipped down this path before without their aid?
Firo tries to move to follow Roland’s eyes, hoping that maybe he can block at least some of this imaginary door from view. “A long time. You got here before me, I think, and I was here for…” He tallies them up his head; he’s never bothered to before. “3 Arenas. Those all took months. And then the war’s been goin’ on for months too—about 7—you’ve been here more than a year. Maybe closer to two.”
Again, he wishes he’d paid enough attention to learn these things—the announcers on TV probably mentioned how long Roland had been in Panem many times.
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There are some things he can figure, though—maybe he should’ve realized it way before, but there’s no helping that now. “They’re makin’ you see all this. They—the Capitol—they drugged you or something. With those bug things.”
Damn it. How long were those supposed to last? He doesn’t know, and he doesn’t think it’d even help. Hadn’t Roland already slipped down this path before without their aid?
Firo tries to move to follow Roland’s eyes, hoping that maybe he can block at least some of this imaginary door from view. “A long time. You got here before me, I think, and I was here for…” He tallies them up his head; he’s never bothered to before. “3 Arenas. Those all took months. And then the war’s been goin’ on for months too—about 7—you’ve been here more than a year. Maybe closer to two.”
Again, he wishes he’d paid enough attention to learn these things—the announcers on TV probably mentioned how long Roland had been in Panem many times.