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" Not in the least "

He managed to laugh, just a little bit, he should be angry and hate the girl that sat with him now for if she had not volunteered and took the place of the original male tribute he would not be sitting here today being forced to come to terms with the mortality that weighed heavy on his shoulders, heavier than any backpack of tattered textbooks. At the same time he knew if she didn't then there would be a mere child here instead, and no kid should have to endure such a fate.

" Well you better ready up, and fast, you don't wanna be the first to die out there " He retorted while clenching his knife, not in a threatening manner, more as a gesture of determination. There was absolute zero guarantees that he would survive this but one thing he knew for certain was that he was not going to be one of the poor bastards who died within the first day. He at least wanted a good chance to survive for as long as he possibly could and as long she serviced the first minutes and hours they both had a better chance of survival being from District 11, though he could not be sure about her because there was no telling weather she worked on any of the farms like he did or not. They could perhaps form an alliance being from the same district, that's probably what the other districts were doing especially those damnable Career tributes, though if they did form an alliance they would have to turn on each other sooner or later unless one of them gets picked off before the other which would probably be the best case scenario.