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A couple more days into training, Allison, Fiona, and I are laughing and talking as we make really lousy snares. A boy sits next to us with his own snare, way more successful than us. Suddenly, he turns around to face us and ask, "Can I join the careers?" This takes us aback. It's unusual that a tribute wants to ally with people not from their district, especially because they can all come home. This gets me thinking about tricks, so I ask cautiously, "Just you?" "Yeah," he says. "What about your district mates?" Fiona asks.
"They're really weak and I wouldn't be able to survive while I'm lugging them around." That makes me feel a little awkward, because I might qualify as weak in his opinion. The girls from his district are about fifteen and not that bad at archery, which is where they are now.
"We'll have to talk about it as a whole group," Fiona says. "And you'll have to prove you're useful," Allison adds. "I know you have to talk with the rest of the careers, but I'm good at snares and spears," the boy says hopefully.
"We'll need to know your name though," I say. "I'm Fabio, eighteen years old, District 10," Fabio says. His sudden overly formal greeting surprises me. I feel a little wary of him.
At lunch we mention Fabio to the boys. They look over at him. "He looks strong, but we'll have to see if he's worth keeping," Cliff says. "I don't like the way he came up to just you girls," Amiens says, "If he joins us, we'll have to keep an eye on him." I laugh, "We'll have to keep a closer eye on him if he doesn't join." We all start laughing. I love it when we laugh. It makes me feel like I'm finally in school with a bunch of kids my age without such a grave thing hanging over our heads.
We begin to watch Fabio at training as we go to our various activities. He's good at snares as we already know, but he's really good at spears. I mean like scarily, I don't want to be against him, even with my knives.
The next day we tell Fabio he can join the careers. He starts sitting with us at lunch and I like him now. He's fun to be with, another person to keep or minds off what we're going into.
I know this is a pretty short chapter, but review to tell me what you think! -Theuglyduckling492