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[uncurtained]

[It's not hard to guess, from his profile, to the things he's told her before, and to the things he's saying now, what all of that information implies. Still, it doesn't change the way she looks confused, then horrified - her hand reaches up to rest on her mouth, shocked. She'd wondered what he'd been through, but she didn't expect it to be this.

After a few moments pass:]

And you... [No, not won.] You made it out. Haymitch, that's...

[oraculi]

It's been twenty-six years, Beck.

[Which would have made him sixteen when he won. He says that firmly. Not coldly, but stopping something before it begins.]

Forty-two kids I mentored. You gotta stop caring after a while.

[uncurtained]

[She can't really fault him for that, and as much as she wants to say it, she can't even empathize with that position. That's why she struggles to find something to say for a long moment, before:]

I don't think anyone could blame you, after that long. [...] I'm sorry. I can't even imagine.

[oraculi]

[He smiles faintly, and it's rueful, but it could be worse.]

You know what? I hope you never learn.

[But that's a lot to unload in one night, honestly. One conversation, where he feels emptier than he did, but he knows how to fix that. He lifts up off the counter, taking a step forward.]

Tell you what, sweetheart: you come find me if you change your mind and want some company. But I'll leave you be for the night.