He doesn't expect her questions, doesn't expect her to give a shit. Even though everyone in Caldera he's told does give a shit, it's so normalized in his world that he always expects people to say so what? Especially Nina, who seems endlessly unenthused with him.
But she obviously does care, and urgently so. It's a little concerning. Finnick leans forward slightly, forearm on the table.
"He's taking 24 kids, 2 from each district, every single year, and putting them into deathmatches where only one can survive. No one is helping because the whole system is designed to prevent a rebellion. If you so much as speak out of turn in protest you could be whipped in the street or have your tongue cut out or killed on the spot. And we're constantly surveilled."
yeehaw. cw capital punishment, general totalitarian dystopia vibes
But she obviously does care, and urgently so. It's a little concerning. Finnick leans forward slightly, forearm on the table.
"He's taking 24 kids, 2 from each district, every single year, and putting them into deathmatches where only one can survive. No one is helping because the whole system is designed to prevent a rebellion. If you so much as speak out of turn in protest you could be whipped in the street or have your tongue cut out or killed on the spot. And we're constantly surveilled."