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Ava walked in and immediately her eyes were glued on the screen that showed her tributes. "Run!" She found herself yelling at the screen but quickly composed herself. She had told them to run immediately, Not to bother with getting something unless they were at least 110% sure that they could get away. She didn't like that the girl from two was getting friendly with Jasper. "A girl like that always has ulterior motives." She thought to herself.

Ava noticed Edward and sighed a bit. She could tell he was still shaken from his games. Seriously who wouldn't be, He did only win last year so the memories must still be fresh. She felt bad for him, especially because of what had happened with sage. She really liked Sage, She was a good friend. And she hated every moment that she had to help her in the games. Ava wished she was not reaped but she was so she did her best to help her. She walked up to him slowly. "Hey Ed, How you been?" She asked. She has never really talked to him, Mainly because he was a new mentor but she wanted to make him fell welcome.

Ava nodded at him and turned her back to him. She took off her jacket and lifted her shirt enough to show him the thin pink line that ran across her back. "The boy from two that year really got me. I though I was dead for sure, Thank god for sponsors." She said with a flat tone of voice. She dropped the shirt back down and put on her jacket."So to answer your question..Yes.Sometimes I remember the feeling of the girl from one's blood and brains on my face. I usually wake up screaming and crying. But then again so do most mentors...." She said looking at him. She hesitated for a moment but then decided "What the hell" and wiped some tears from his face."We just all either learn to cope with it. And some of us just get over it. The lucky ones." She sighed remembering how she used to go straight for the alcohol her first few years. Recently she had learned to control the nightmares just a bit and had been off of using alcohol as a way to escape. She had started to invest herself completed in her mentoring."What use is a mentor if they are drunk off their a**?" She thought to herself." I can't guarantee that this will all pass, Ed.......But it will get better." She said with a sigh.

Ava sighed and nodded. She walked over to where he was and poured a small amount of whisky in a cup. She took her time to drink it. "You're right...Nothing can reverse it..." She said agreeing with him. "Hey, It was either you or them and you acted the fastest. Thats nothing to be ashamed of. You wanted to get home right? Thats what everyone wants in the games.And as much as you try to avoid it...Eventually you would have to kill someone." She said with a sad sigh. She looked at him and rolled her bluish-green eyes. She looked in in the eyes with some difficulty, considering he had his bangs covering most of them. "If you are going to help her...You won't be of any use if your are drunk off your a**." She said truthfully. "Trust me..I know." she said with another sad sigh. She had been so wrapped up in her own trauma from her games that she had not stopped to think of her tributes. And as a result each year of her mentoring they died. So she decided to clean up her act, She hoped that this year would be different.

Ava sighed and nodded. She knew all too well the effects the games had on people. She stayed quiet as he spoke and then her eyes widened a bit as he asked the question. "Yes, actually...Mason Wright. The boy from seven in last years games." She said calmly putting down the cup of whisky. "You could say last years games were...More than sad for me last year. I lost my boyfriend and soon to be husband, and my friend Sage." She said with a sigh. She remembered the day that Mason asked her to marry him. Sure at that time Ava was only 16 and he was 18 but they loved each other. She also remember's how devastated she was when he was reaped for the games. She barely got out of her games alive and now her fiancee was about to go in. She cried for weeks when he died and cried even more when she heard sage died. It took her a while but she was able to move on just a bit and stop crying. She shook her head and sighed. "Not yet. I see that Jasper got away with the girl from five. And Staria....Well I don't even see her anymore. But from the looks of the dead bodies piled up over there I don't think she's dead yet. None of then look like her." She said calmly. She shivered when she saw the girl from one... Shimmer. "Regular career, isn't she?" She said nudging Ed a bit. It was kind of funny. Shimmer was so short but she was the leader of the the group it seemed. It was funny to see the big guys do whatever she said, It seemed as if they were even a bit scared of her.