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[imusntrunaway]

We're allowed to travel outside the city.
Has anyone tried leaving?
Do they care if it happens?

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[imusntrunaway]

Some of us were brought here by accident.
Their machine doesn't work all the time...
If we leave, they can find others.

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[accidentalrebellion]

[Random. That's what they told her, right? That they didn't have control over the machinery, that they couldn't control what (or who) was brought here.

But there's just too much that can't be a coincidence. Can't be anything but wholly deliberate. Peeta was here, but now he's gone. Haymitch, even if she'd never managed to bring herself to forgive him.... gone too. And now Rue, resurrected from the dead for another round of someone's game.

Random, indeed.]

It wasn't an accident. [They can swap timelines and bodies, and claim malfunctions all they want. But nothing can change the truth.]

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[imusntrunaway]

[He believes in what they told him about the selection being random. How else would he have been chosen--a boy with no talents or strengths or courage outside of his robot to fight in this war of theirs? There's a pause before he responds.]

That doesn't make sense.

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[accidentalrebellion]

[Welcome to the wonderful world of Panem, Shinji. Where there's paranoia everywhere you turn, coincidences don't exist, and the odds are never in your favor. Enjoy your stay!]

We're here for a reason. It doesn't matter what they say. [Does she care that she's saying this over the network? No. Maybe words directed at the Initiative are useless, but maybe they can at least know that someone doesn't believe them, and think of that what they will.]

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[imusntrunaway]

[That makes him think.]

They want soldiers, don't they?
But some of us aren't suited for it...
I don't understand.