She listens quietly to her queen, her eyes shifting around her to look at the other two gathered for the grand maze. She does not allow her eyes to linger long, for they are drawn to the speech her queen is making. She cannot help but notice how sweat is slick upon her hide, how she appears almost exhausted. She wonders if it was something she could have helped her queen with. But then again, she knows she could not enter this maze before everyone else that is gathered.
She listens, thinking about the four paths and which she might choose for herself. Does it really matter which path she chooses? Perhaps she should pick something that she is familiar with…then again, isn’t the point to experience something new? Perhaps picking something unfamiliar might just help her grow.
In the end, when given the go-ahead, Katniss steps behind the others, choosing to go onto the first path. She steers left, entering the maze and pausing when a large bud stands before her. Was this the end? Surely there was more to this maze. Eyes look at the clouds of lavender and pink. She cannot help but think that the canopy is beautiful. It reminds her of sunsets on Rift.
There is a light in the sky and Katniss watches as it begins to fall upon the blossomed petal. And suddenly it begins to bloom. Birds begin to chirp and Katniss cannot help but think how beautiful this is. But she is not so easily deceived by beauty.
And then the being appears. Katniss watches her closely, admiring her youth and beauty and yet not allowing herself to get drawn in. And when the being speaks, Katniss listens. She has no questions for the being, only confidence that she can triumph over all. “Show me the path.” And then she is silent, waiting.
First Path
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