"Books aren't that common where I'm from. Expensive, you know? So, when I was little kid, in a little town...mostly, we just listened. Fisherfolk are great ones for tellin' stories. But at night, or on Sundays. Rest of the time, we're too busy."
Until she won the 70th Hunger Games, and had nothing really much to do. Her book-buying rapidly became A Thing.
(But not as much as Windlass Ward. The man practically lives in a library. Useful to borrow things from, though, and she can always give him her book lists when it's his turn to mentor.)
Steve's question makes her pause.
"I. It's. Strange, I guess. Nothing I could have ever imagined. I just really wish I had a window in my quarters. I could sit there and watch the stars for hours. I never expected it to be so clear, you know? Without the air. The technology, it's mostly what's in the Capitol. A bit more high-tech, but it's not strange. The ship's strange. Wonderful."
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Until she won the 70th Hunger Games, and had nothing really much to do. Her book-buying rapidly became A Thing.
(But not as much as Windlass Ward. The man practically lives in a library. Useful to borrow things from, though, and she can always give him her book lists when it's his turn to mentor.)
Steve's question makes her pause.
"I. It's. Strange, I guess. Nothing I could have ever imagined. I just really wish I had a window in my quarters. I could sit there and watch the stars for hours. I never expected it to be so clear, you know? Without the air. The technology, it's mostly what's in the Capitol. A bit more high-tech, but it's not strange. The ship's strange. Wonderful."