It's true, she's got such a hardened, sad and haunted look that Katniss is hard to forget. He'd seen her several times before he finally approached her at the charity ball and danced with her. He figured he should know the girl who's been frequenting his room with Derek at night. He remembers Katniss mentioning her sister then. And now he can easily put two and two together. It probably shouldn't have taken him so long.
And now, seeing Prim up close and knowing what he knows, Prim is equally unforgettable. She's not just Katniss's sister. Alcide doesn't know Katniss well enough for that and he feels like he's been in Prim's headspace in a way. He feels more of a connection with Prim than Katniss, which makes Katniss Prim's sister in his mind.
"They called you Primrose, like the flower. It's a pretty name." He offers softly. It's just a part of his memories and he's trying to make sure that this entire conversation isn't horrible. He doesn't want Prim to associate him with something horrible. She's had enough of that in her life, he thinks.
What Prim says though, it fills in some explanation of what he'd dreamed where it's needed. "A dictatorship. They like to control people by fear, historically speaking." He may not get it completely, but he wants Prim to know he gets the gist of what she's saying. "And what I saw, the reaping. Your name got called to fight in these... I don't much care for callin' 'em games." It sounds so wrong, because that's not what she's describing. It's forced execution. It's psychological torture, in a way, on a massive scale.
She asks him about the man with fangs and Alcide works not to make a disgruntled face. Fangers and shifters don't really get along as a rule. But Alcide logically knows that there's good and bad in every group. You can't classify the whole from a few. "It ain't overstepping. You saw what you saw. Vampires, they're the ones with the fangs. They're real in my world. So are shifters and fae. I'm a wolf... usually. This place has taken it from me. But I'm gonna get it back." It's a lot to explain and he isn't sure what she knows about any of these things, in a fantasy sense or real. "I can shift from what I am now to a wolf form. My mind's all there the whole time so it ain't like a monster movie or anything. It's just... what I am." And he really hopes that that doesn't scare her.
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And now, seeing Prim up close and knowing what he knows, Prim is equally unforgettable. She's not just Katniss's sister. Alcide doesn't know Katniss well enough for that and he feels like he's been in Prim's headspace in a way. He feels more of a connection with Prim than Katniss, which makes Katniss Prim's sister in his mind.
"They called you Primrose, like the flower. It's a pretty name." He offers softly. It's just a part of his memories and he's trying to make sure that this entire conversation isn't horrible. He doesn't want Prim to associate him with something horrible. She's had enough of that in her life, he thinks.
What Prim says though, it fills in some explanation of what he'd dreamed where it's needed. "A dictatorship. They like to control people by fear, historically speaking." He may not get it completely, but he wants Prim to know he gets the gist of what she's saying. "And what I saw, the reaping. Your name got called to fight in these... I don't much care for callin' 'em games." It sounds so wrong, because that's not what she's describing. It's forced execution. It's psychological torture, in a way, on a massive scale.
She asks him about the man with fangs and Alcide works not to make a disgruntled face. Fangers and shifters don't really get along as a rule. But Alcide logically knows that there's good and bad in every group. You can't classify the whole from a few. "It ain't overstepping. You saw what you saw. Vampires, they're the ones with the fangs. They're real in my world. So are shifters and fae. I'm a wolf... usually. This place has taken it from me. But I'm gonna get it back." It's a lot to explain and he isn't sure what she knows about any of these things, in a fantasy sense or real. "I can shift from what I am now to a wolf form. My mind's all there the whole time so it ain't like a monster movie or anything. It's just... what I am." And he really hopes that that doesn't scare her.