She can't help it. Self-deprecating has been, and remains, a large part of who Katniss is. She hadn't liked herself all that much prior to the 74th Hunger Games. Since, she's utterly despised herself. It's easier to speak so poorly of herself because Katniss doesn't believe she deserves to be thought better of. Why should she? She's used her unwanted status to attempt failed assassinations that only got better people killed. She's killed. She isn't a good person and it's better that people realize that early on.

Of course, there are people like Derek that she has been completely honest with, that know point blank how awful she is, and yet don't seem to care. She'll never understand that. But Alcide doesn't comment on that. Thankfully.

"Like the plant," she adds in, noting the way he repeats her name. "Some people also call it arrowhead." Kind of fitting really, considered her talent with a bow. "I work with Derek and Buffy..." Katniss frowns, unsure how to describe her relationship with the woman. "She keeps talking to me."

There. That works.