Attempting to exercise the Peeta Option in thegames

[polyturtle]

I won't - I don't - regret doing this.

When it comes to this kind of thing, I keep the promises I make.

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[buildingreality]

...thanks.

[polyturtle]

...Its nothing, Ariadne.

[It really isn't. He'd do the same for any of his family and friends - which includes Ariadne now. ]

[buildingreality]

Either way. I might not know everything that's happening, but-

[she's sick to death of these Arenas. Of having to kill people constantly. The same people, even.]

[polyturtle]

I know. Its not right.

[For any of them, really. This was cruel even by Donatello's standards - well, in that he's seen a lot of cruel things ever since that fateful day when the Mousers attacked the first lair. And the Hunger Games pretty much occupy its own special little niche of what-the-shell. Not even the Triceratons' gladiator games were at that standard - and that was saying something when Donatello could even think that hey, maybe the Triceratons weren't as bad.]

[buildingreality]

[another pause.] So even if it's nothing to you, it's not to me.

[polyturtle]

...

[He's a bit quiet at this, not sure how to respond.]

I know. But...I'd still do it again, regardless.

[buildingreality]

Hopefully you won't have to.

[windyellow]

Don't regret doing what, dude?

[polyturtle]

Dying again.

[windyellow]

Dying, again? You died before?

[polyturtle]

In the place I am? Yeah.

[windyellow]

Dude, that's messed up.

[polyturtle]

That's the Hunger Games for you.

[retrieverchef]

Thanks, man. It means a lot.

[polyturtle]

It's no problem.

[retrieverchef]

Maybe not. But the dyin's exhausting. You have no idea what this means to me.