He barely remembers what they dressed him in on his own Tour. Lots of pale hues to callback to the ice and snow, occasionally accentuated by pops of color that would remind him specifically of the tributes from each district he killed. Red for the career allies he slaughtered without warning. Drowning the boy from Five in the ice lake. The chunk of ice he jabbed into the neck of the girl from Six to claim his victory, his white uniform stained with her blood. His arena was the coldest place he'd ever been, but fortunately he'd been gifted with a coat and other useful items. And unfortunately, because he knew exactly why.
Cassian was barely fourteen years old when he got reaped, and nobody expected him to come home. Eleven isn't exactly bursting with winners. But he took advantage of his smaller stature compared to the tall, broad careers, smiled at all the right people, and the audience assistance helped him get through it. He just didn't know what that might mean after the fact, that his refusal to be sold like a commodity as payback for the gifts would get his family killed. He's been alone for over four years; his father was first, in a "farming accident" after he returned from his Tour, and his mother's "suicide in grief" followed two months later.
He has a cat now though.
Jyn flinches at the comment, but Cassian barely registers the disparaging remarks about Eleven anymore. They just build up instead in the checklist of reasons he hates the Capitol and anyone from there. "It is not the worst thing I have heard about my District."
Her trauma is still so utterly visible in her bristling anger, and the way they've pulled back her hair only highlights it. Is that the point? Do they want her angry? Cassian stands too still beside her, a very purposeful stance he often takes in public matters.
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Cassian was barely fourteen years old when he got reaped, and nobody expected him to come home. Eleven isn't exactly bursting with winners. But he took advantage of his smaller stature compared to the tall, broad careers, smiled at all the right people, and the audience assistance helped him get through it. He just didn't know what that might mean after the fact, that his refusal to be sold like a commodity as payback for the gifts would get his family killed. He's been alone for over four years; his father was first, in a "farming accident" after he returned from his Tour, and his mother's "suicide in grief" followed two months later.
He has a cat now though.
Jyn flinches at the comment, but Cassian barely registers the disparaging remarks about Eleven anymore. They just build up instead in the checklist of reasons he hates the Capitol and anyone from there. "It is not the worst thing I have heard about my District."
Her trauma is still so utterly visible in her bristling anger, and the way they've pulled back her hair only highlights it. Is that the point? Do they want her angry? Cassian stands too still beside her, a very purposeful stance he often takes in public matters.