The train ride home was quiet. His mentor knew to give him space, but also knew when to rush to his side if need be.
"Everything's okay," she whispered into his hair when she hugged him after a nightmare, "you're not in the arena anymore. Everything's going to be alright."
District Five was equally glad to have another Victor. So much so that those who knew him personally behaved as though they had believed in him all along.
Only now, now that he had found success in the form of Victor's winnings, could he be considered one of their own.