to many people that sentence would be strange and questionable but katniss knew what he mean ; it was an insult. she tried to hide her emotion as best as she could but her eyes gave away the whole story. if she was sad then her eyes would shine with unfallen tears, if was was angry her eyes would burn with the anger of a thousand men. obviously her eyes had given something away, so she looked away from him, he couldn’t see how betrayed she felt by herself that she had let him see her true self. no words were said, the two became embraced by the silence.
“None of that, Katniss.” The stern voice and kind eyes did not go hand-in-hand as Bard crouched down so he could be on eye-level with his stubborn-as-could-be daughter. She had left the room mid-argument after her father’s interference, slamming her bedroom door behind her. Rather than stay with his wife, Mr Everdeen had gone after his eldest, finding her sitting on her bed, her legs drawn up to her chest; a fortress in the shape of a girl.
“You know how she gets sometimes,” he continued, his voice a little gentler. “She’s trying, Katniss. She really is. But she–” He briefly paused, frowning as he tried to find a way to explain a core personality so different than that of his daughter. “It’s just a little harder for her sometimes. She wasn’t born and raised in the Seam, like you, and me, and Prim. So she needs our help, and our patience, and our love, when she gets… a little overwhelmed. Can I count on you?”