No. It was just a place we learned how to fight for -- [Okay. Fine. This spiel annoys the crap out of Cato but - he's heard it probably a dozen times already on a yearly basis. It lost it's novelty a long time ago.]
There was a war a long time ago where I come from. Some districts rebelled against the leaders, the Capitol, and fought them - got their asses kicked. Hard. A lot of people died and the people in charge decided that they'd hold this ... thing called the Hunger Games. They'd collect 23 kids from all over and put us in an arena to fight to the death. Supposed to keep the rest of the districts under their thumb.
My district decided to train it's kids how to fight -- how to kill. It usually worked. We usually won.
[Usually.]
So, yeah, we had a choice. But it was stupid to say no. Really stupid.
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There was a war a long time ago where I come from. Some districts rebelled against the leaders, the Capitol, and fought them - got their asses kicked. Hard. A lot of people died and the people in charge decided that they'd hold this ... thing called the Hunger Games. They'd collect 23 kids from all over and put us in an arena to fight to the death. Supposed to keep the rest of the districts under their thumb.
My district decided to train it's kids how to fight -- how to kill. It usually worked. We usually won.
[Usually.]
So, yeah, we had a choice. But it was stupid to say no. Really stupid.