[ She pauses, and then shrugs noncommittally. Was it nice to go home a winner, to have her portrait hung on the wall at the academy? Of course it was. And then Snow offered his deal and she accepted without a second thought - so she still has her brother, her parents. Even when she's miserable she still thinks it was all worth it.
But what does Johanna have? Nothing, if the whispers are to be believed. Cashmere's never had nothing, never know what it was like to truly be lonely. She's feared it, and it was enough to volunteer despite already being guaranteed to have an easy life, and it was enough to drive her to win. And though Johanna knows best how to find her last nerve and shred it, she does earn some of Cashmere's empathy. In One they tell you that no one but a Victor really understands what it's like to live. If she lost everything the way Johanna has, Cashmere thinks she wouldn't have any reason to keep breathing. ]
It was a relief. [ She shrugs again. ] For a while. You know how the rest goes.
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Date: 2014-12-09 02:32 am (UTC)But what does Johanna have? Nothing, if the whispers are to be believed. Cashmere's never had nothing, never know what it was like to truly be lonely. She's feared it, and it was enough to volunteer despite already being guaranteed to have an easy life, and it was enough to drive her to win. And though Johanna knows best how to find her last nerve and shred it, she does earn some of Cashmere's empathy. In One they tell you that no one but a Victor really understands what it's like to live. If she lost everything the way Johanna has, Cashmere thinks she wouldn't have any reason to keep breathing. ]
It was a relief. [ She shrugs again. ] For a while. You know how the rest goes.