[In a perfect-- or even better-- world, Clove would have preferred to be a bit older before having children.
But "newlywed" would keep President Snow satisfied for only so long. If she and Cato really wanted to protect themselves as tributes? They had to keep pushing the "young, new family" angle. One child was enough. For right now. Maybe another later, as Elpis got older. Two children, maybe three. No more than that. But they'd needed Elpis, selfish as it was, to keep them safe. To protect one another.
Still, there's no disguising the truth in her voice when she says:]
They're my everything. It... doesn't do either of them justice at all. But it's... it's so good to have it here.
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But "newlywed" would keep President Snow satisfied for only so long. If she and Cato really wanted to protect themselves as tributes? They had to keep pushing the "young, new family" angle. One child was enough. For right now. Maybe another later, as Elpis got older. Two children, maybe three. No more than that. But they'd needed Elpis, selfish as it was, to keep them safe. To protect one another.
Still, there's no disguising the truth in her voice when she says:]
They're my everything. It... doesn't do either of them justice at all. But it's... it's so good to have it here.