Buffy did her best in Panem, did what she could, but it wasn't enough. The truth is that it hasn't been enough for a while, was barely enough to cut it even when she was home, and that gets to her. It makes her feel useless, resentful. It makes her hate this place and all that being stuck here entails. After over a year, she feels beyond restless, even if she's come up with a dozen ways and then some to occupy her time. It barely helps, these days, in the wake of everything that happened with Angel, and now with Katniss.

She wants to believe the best in the younger girl, but truthfully, Buffy isn't so sure she knows Katniss at all. What she saw in Panem wasn't a girl, was barely even human. It reminded her of Faith, and all the ways Buffy failed to save her, even if it was never her responsibility. Faith is still in jail, and Buffy still feels she could have done more. Hers isn't a conscious effort to find Katniss, but she isn't attempting to avoid the girl, either. Ultimately, they're bound to cross paths. That happens sooner rather than later comes as a relief; at least she can get it all in the open and out of her head.

"Those are pretty," she comments from afar, her voice soft and low. Only once she's certain Katniss has seen her does Buffy edge forward; she can't help being cautious now that she knows what the other girl is capable of.