parisa krueger | district eleven | cb

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^{DISTRICT ELEVEN
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^{"she'd determined that she was better as a singular object. that made sense to her, ultimately. people who lined up to see the mona lisa typically couldn't name the paintings hanging nearby, and there was nothing wrong with that."}

                                                         - olivie blake

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My mother spent her entire life serving others. Not in a metaphorical way: It was her job to care for Capitol hotshots of any sort, from High Council proxies to lieutenant peacekeepers, or victors on tour after their win to basically anyone deemed important enough to schmooze. She kept up houses that were vacant a lot the time, cooked dinners for people she could never afford to feed her own family. She glamorizes it in her head, and I suppose she's right about it at least beating those sweltering summer days in the orchards, picking fruit from trees with guns trained on their backs in case they felt risky enough to try and take a bite. Still. It's made her think that subservience is the way to ascend to greatness now, after it's kept her and I safe so long. She wants me to be like her: to only speak when spoken to, to offer to put away the guests' plates when they come over for dinner, say please and thank you to the people who don't bother to learn our names.

It's like she doesn't know me at all.

Who am I? Who am I really? That's too expensive of an ask, gives you too much power over me. What can you know before it becomes too much? I take things sometimes. Nice things. Silly things. Frugal things that don't mean much to those I'm taking them from. Lacey gloves and big floppy hats. I love the color red. Deep red, like plum juice. I look best in yellow, though, which is rather unfortunate, as it goes against the whole mysterious air I put so much effort into making look like an effortless part of me. I live on the outskirts. I won't forever. I would be a vegetarian if not for bacon. I like cats more than dogs.

My Father?

I don't have one.

No I won't elaborate. Next question.

[dars]

[cb from not being reaped, 96th]

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