"She's an actual person, you know. Not just blonde hair and a skirt," Tim huffs as he walks along. What he wants to say and will never say out loud is that she is not just tits and ass. First of all, he'd stumble over it badly, and Tim doesn't want to know how the Capitol would edit that one.
He isn't very worried about Punchy hitting on her, because, if Steph doesn't like, he's certain that she will make that very, very clear. "She can make her own decisions. I'm not worried."
Not worried because they aren't really dating. They're pretending to date, and Tim cannot let the line between reality and pretend get any finer. It's already thin and blurred. Stephanie's a distraction already, and he keeps telling himself that it's because they work well together that he wants to find her as soon as possible. Because he can't keep her safe if he's not around.
"Let's just drop it. We need to find her and a few of the others I know, if we add Topher and Holiday to this alliance, because they are good in a fight," Tim said firmly. Christ, they were going to end up with a pack so huge. He thought of the fireworks in the previous Arena. How could he work with everyone and avoid that again? Besides... "Do you think a group of six or more Tributes is more or less of a temptation to other Tributes? On one hand, numbers alone would protect us, but we'd be easy to follow. Wait until someone wanders a little too far away to relieve themselves, whittle the pack down."
no subject
He isn't very worried about Punchy hitting on her, because, if Steph doesn't like, he's certain that she will make that very, very clear. "She can make her own decisions. I'm not worried."
Not worried because they aren't really dating. They're pretending to date, and Tim cannot let the line between reality and pretend get any finer. It's already thin and blurred. Stephanie's a distraction already, and he keeps telling himself that it's because they work well together that he wants to find her as soon as possible. Because he can't keep her safe if he's not around.
"Let's just drop it. We need to find her and a few of the others I know, if we add Topher and Holiday to this alliance, because they are good in a fight," Tim said firmly. Christ, they were going to end up with a pack so huge. He thought of the fireworks in the previous Arena. How could he work with everyone and avoid that again? Besides... "Do you think a group of six or more Tributes is more or less of a temptation to other Tributes? On one hand, numbers alone would protect us, but we'd be easy to follow. Wait until someone wanders a little too far away to relieve themselves, whittle the pack down."