No, neither can I. Not how it was before. The people in the Capitol, the major city, treat it like any mindless reality show, and by all accounts the people elsewhere in the country have been thoroughly beaten into submission.
But there is a rebellion. There are still fighters among the people, people with hope. Even if Bruce and I...even if we don't make a difference, there are others who will.
[There's a look of horror on Clark's face before he closes his eyes, and regains his composure.]
Hope is a start, but if the Capitol is as strong as you're saying it's going to take more than that to put a stop to this. We have to find some way to help them.
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That's right. And frankly, it's preferable to the previous system, where all the tributes were children and the deaths were assuredly not temporary.
I've been doing research. It's not pleasant.
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[She's right. Dammit, she's right. But he can't agree. The fact that something this sick and twisted is almost beyond his ability to comprehend.]
I can't imagine ...
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But there is a rebellion. There are still fighters among the people, people with hope. Even if Bruce and I...even if we don't make a difference, there are others who will.
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Hope is a start, but if the Capitol is as strong as you're saying it's going to take more than that to put a stop to this. We have to find some way to help them.
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But...I would be happy to have you at my back, powers or no.
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Likewise, Diana.
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[That it's there that is.]
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